Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1900-10-06
YoM KlPPUR.
The Jewish Holy Dsy viii Begin
This Evening,
SERVICES At TEMPLE ALBERT.

Yom Kippur. the most solemn day OF
The year In orthodox and liberal Ju-
daism alike. comes on Wednesday, ana
begins with the setting Of the sun this
evening. II viii be observed al All the
eyuagoRues throughout the country,
and with special rolemnily al the Tenn
pie Albert on West Gold avenue. The
Rabbi. DR. lacoba, viii hold services all
7 o'clock this evening. when he will
preach a sermon on the significance oil
the day. after the chanting OF the frstI
chant OF the cantor. On Wednesday
the services viii continue all day. The
following account, Of the history OF the
day Of aonement viii be read with In.
teroat.
The Jew observes ON the tenth day OIL
Tishri, the seventh month. IN accord.
anco with the september Of the lunar
calendar. a holy day, by designation
Yom l{ippur, Day OF Atonemeat. on
which he h hidden 10 abstain from all
worldly intercourse and repair TO his
house OF worship. there 20 commune
with hia Heavenly Father through the
medium Of player and solemn medita-
tI0n The observance Of Il Ia ordained
In the Pentaieuch with greater exact
ness and minute explicltneHa, not like
tina New Year. which has In actually
only been adopted az such from the
time OF Israers return 10 Palestine un-
der BEra. when Cyrus gave them per
mission to leave nabyionia, and even
furnished them with the necessary
means to rebuild the temple In Jerasa-
lem. 536 n. 9.
some controversy has been raised 70
dispcte the antiquity OF the Day OF
Atouement. but In spite OF the EFFORTS
made IN that direction criticism cam
not disproye the fact that It's ohaerv-
ance 10 OF Mosaic origin. for u IL en-
Joined IN four different places In the
PcntateuCh. via: Leo. xxxih, 1-2s.
xvi. 29-3i XIV ,, and Numbers xxx,
7-S In two Of these passages the OBJ
servance OF the day 10 enjoined upon
Israel explicitly not On connection
with any % the other festivals they
were TO observe. hence Il were too
jubllant 60 take cognlzance OF the Day
OF Atonement.
The day Ia 10 be observed again by
the Jews throughout the world on
wednesday. the "a inst. beginning.
however. like all other Jewish festivals.
with the preceding evening, and
The Citizens informant IL there
fore prompted q sketch down It's
mode OF observance IN accordance with
| the laws prescribed in the pentatcuch
and elaborated In the Talmud. First,
/ tn terms By which u II designated.
"Yom Hnklppuflm" Day OF Atone
mcns. or more properly translated. Day
~ Cancellation sabbath sabbathon.
Sabbath OF sabbaths. are the Biblical
terms designating II, while In the Tai
mud Il IL only known as "Y0ma," a
Ions day. from which the Germans adj
a. ced the designation OF LANCER Tag
According TO the injunctions Of the
/ Pcntateuchal laws the day is to be OBJ
served In the strlctest sense as a puri.
teric Sabbath. and also by Gbstention
from food and drink for twenty -four
hcurs. except In cases OF sickness. and
as already observed. devote the whole
time TO prayers and meditatlons. In
other words, 70 make cancellation
with his God by means Of profesaing
the sins and resolve 20 abandon the
evil and pursue the good.
The observance OF this day during
the time when the temple stood. and
ths priests conducted the saorifcial
cult for the VIII lie congregation. was
distinguished by great ostentation and
pomp The high priest In his function
az the representative OF the whole con-
gycgation was the center % attraction
Every act OF his was watched with un-
abated breath, and as he proceeded
from one act to the other. the interest
Increased. But aside OF the sacrigioiRl
rites that were carried out. the whole
congregation OF Israel totally abstain
/ cd from al manner OF food ana drink
J The manner OF these rites are infinitely
described In the Talmud ,ractats
"Ycma" in which the whole mode q.
\ the days observance IL given and any
one capable Of reading the same car
readily gain the information.
The present observance OF this dag
IL more IN accordance with the spirit.
ual idea u conveys. The liturgy OF
the orthodox synagogue leads the OBJ
servant into the solemnity by causing
him fiFst 70 realize that In the Presencs
o. the Almighty he must not speak In
differently but that he must be fully
consclous OF every word he utters. and
therefore the ten penltenlial days pre-.
cedo the day OF atonement 20 az "a
verify the rabbinicai assertion. That
the day Of atonemens only effects con.
clilation 10 him who has repented
(sifra- fcmor. chapter it). or as Il IL ex.
plicitIy stated In che Talmud that who
asserts HE will ain and the day OF
! Kippur will atone. cannot be cOndohed
| (Yoma, So n. CO"
During the day everyone confcsses
| hla sins IN accordance with the pre-
/ scribed ritual which enumerates such
acts which man may have done, Ths
service throughout the day expresses
J the highest Ideals and are so him who
understands. their Historical aettingi
/ impressive. touching 10 the core. and
/ awf fully sublime, for shey portray L.
| raels glory and picture In the gloom
lest cOlors the sunerings he has en-
/ dured during al these past ages OF per-
/ aecutl0n. in short. the whole history
/ ~ his past IL unroiled before him, "a
weep and rejoice and the finRl climax
/ of the service H. the declaration Of
/ Gods omnlpotence and the expression
Of larasl's belief tina. De stlil hopes "a
realize az some future time that his
kingdom viii prevail over the whole
world