The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-11

their way into Jetvish congregations, oyery-
where, and Il must DO az w ne SSponJ JSuSsis%i
Its dsya must needs DO numbered Woe unto
israeli Its dlsinteeration must be athanaI ,,.,
Here Rabbi Rosenau turned aside 10 say tnaIr
though there Is nothing consurablc in q Sunday
service itself; the wrong Of 4 lies IN IN ir rsg eUIsei
neglected more than 1t already Is; and It's neg
lect must in the course Of time 90 h Iolgwe 1on Sy
holy days and festive seasons, must eventually
become mere memories. ultimately lsreoIs
individuality viii be sacrificed. Customs and
rites which have helped to preserve our sohdar-
non,Jcw will become a daily occurrence. Tho
Violation. And what shall be left Of our Sert;
tagel Not n religion that deserves the name o,
Judaism, but ono that Is 'Theism' pure aha
In reply to tho allegation that Judaism has
undergone many changes since the days OF
always moved along distlnctiye Jewish limos.
judaism dare not sacrifice Enthusiastically
Jewish institutions; and tho historical sabbath
Is one OF the vital organs In the body OF Judac
ism. For the Sabbath the Jews Of ancient
times we're ready to make the ,%costliest sacri-
homo, and life than desperate that day; Al
Israel Is perpetualiy called upon TO MAINTAIN
do not tell me- exclaimed Rabbi Rosonau,
that the keenncss Of competition In morcan-
tile spheres makes the observance OF the ms.
TIC CHDUhln lulDOsSlblt. L was NViNA why -
fow days ago by one In position to express an
opinion that the retail as well as wholesale os-
t M,'hsht 9ots on may ~ iur keep B.o sISsSd business Sn ss' is HiT.
tually at a standstill on Saturday forenoon, and
commences only when tho Jewish sabbath y
well nigh at an end. And may not the, JEWISH
laborer look forward to the time when he shall
DO able to observe the historical day ot rest,
especially since a movement is already on foot
in many places to make OF Saturday, q whole
holiday for workmen instead OF a hait hohuay'
AS 1t already isi''
Roscnnu, which has here been summarized, OK
presses the Judgment upon the sabbath cues in
Gdherents OF Reform" Judaism.
Yet another OF the, writer's upon this impor-
tant subject in Jepish Com nicnf, whose contrl-
button bears the signature OF Metro" de.
serves to be mentioned. He declares that the
Jews OF this time whose home Is in this country
live under entirely novel conditions, and ought
to give up those ancient customs that have lost
their Significance. He, asks how 1t happens that
the Immigrant, who has known nothing but
orthodoxy, throws away Judaism. II he Is a
young man, as soon as ne comes m TO- america. I'm IN
those young men he says:
III any rabbi will carefully examine the con;
gregation gathered on any Sabbath, ho will
find that there are not 3 per cent. OF young men
present. When those old men who constitute
the chief attendants die. your pews will be still
what relation does the Saturday Sabbath bear
TO Judaismi Saturday is Satmrn's day; lnst as
s sSntaSo Is h.rs tho r snn d gods; raeG re \ tbe n seven Sd,
oillukc AlCACs IL INV Va thS -
day as Sabbath was Assyrisn In origin, just rs
the earlier chapters of Genesis were.
The Biblical injunctions regarding the Sab
bath seem in every instance to point, TO no
specific day; merely to one in seven. six days
shalt thou labor " > = but tho seventh gay
Is Sabbath appears to indicate nothing but
rest on one day after six days OF work. The
injunctions of the prophets are directed townrd
the keeping OF a sabbath. for then there vas
no question of different days Of observance,
merely one of having a Sabbath once in seven
days. We know that as far AS history goer
Saturday. may have been the day observed by
the Jews, but never before has Israel been in o
situation resembling that OF to-day. In Pales.
tine any Sabbath was the State Sabbath. and
was easy to observe, In the ghetto the same
keep the Sabbath. But to-day we face en-.
tirely novel conditions, and common sense will
show us that unless we wish to live a ghetto
life again. al many Of the Russians do: we can:
not observe Saturday as Il true Sabbath: l
admit that the transition from u Saturday Sab
bath to a Sunday Sabbath Is not easy, but pro-
tests viii not prevent the inevitable
1t may be remarked that the various articles
upon tho Sunday-Sabbath question. printed In
Jetcish ment, which have here been summa'
rized fairly represent the arguments upon which
each side rests its case. The contention upon one
side Is that the Mosaic law would be violated
by changing the day OF rest from Saturday to
Sunday. The contention On the other side IL
that the Mosaic law required only the observ'
ance OF one day In seven, and that, in. modern
times, 1t would be better FOR business II Sunday
were chosen as the day.
This is the disputed point over which, al
Rabbi Itosenau has said, American Jewry IL
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