The evening times., 1900-10-03
THE DAY OF ITOuEMENT
Holiest of Jewish Holidays Now
Being Observed.
1t Began Last Night at Sunset md
VIII Continue Until Sunset This
the Synagogues-An Eloquent Ad-
dress Delivered by Simon Wolf.


dress Delivered by Simon Wolf.
Yom Kippur-the Day OF Atonement-the
holiest of Jewish holidays, began last night
after sunset and will end with sunset to-
night 1t is day of prayer and fasting,
| and is based upon the command in Levitt
Gus xvi:29-34- Falling on the tenth day
of the month Tisri, it is the concluding
ceremonial in the New Year obserYances.
On Rosh Hashanah OF New Years's Day,
there were praise and prayer but no aft1ict-
ing of the flesh. Then the fate of the pious
was merely inscribed in the great book,
which lies open for charges during ten
days; but after Yom kippur the register is
closed and sealed, and what is written is
written. In the greeting for the first day
is ''Chaihiooh Toyoh.' the short for May
you have good inscription while that OF
the Yom Kippur is ''Chatimoh Toyoh,' "a
good seal"
The service which was held early this
morning at the Temple on Eighth Street.
IS called the ShachVith II included the
reading of the Torah. or scroll and lasted
till about 1890 o'clock. The second serr-
ice. which took place from IL till 81
O'Clock is the Musoph.
These services were performed by Rabbi
S Stern. at the Eighth Street Temple. and
Simon Wolf who has been In the habit OF
delivering an Atonement Day address for
the past two or three years said in the
course of his remarks:
The Jews of the world in the year
closing have had severe tasks set for
them Especially is this true in Euro
pean countries. In Gallicia, a province of
Austria, the condition of our co-religion-
lists has been most distressing indeed re-
yolting- Nearly a million of people have
been subjected to the most trying and fa-
natieal persecution Their mental moral
physical, and economic condition is far
below par, added to which has been the
terroriZing influence inspired and famed
into lurid flames by 4 faRatical popula-
tion that looks upon every Jew as an
alien and an outcast
1T can easily be seen that under such
circumstances, the Jew as a man. falls be-
low the standard, and is compelled 10 seek
| by devious ways means of livelihood and
10 shelter himself in every way for the
protection of his own life and those endear-
ed TO him, and thus the reports that ema-
nate from Government officials as TO tae
degraded condition of the Jews, has its or
lSin in and is traceable 10 the Government
itself. which denies TO so many of its sons
the right NOT only 10 live, but the right
TO enjoy life and all that is implied in the
term. The condition in GalIicia has be-
come so intolerable that the Jews of the
world have been appealed To and commit
tees have been formed IN Europe as well
as in this country TO create a public SEN
ument that shall stop this heartless per-
seeution, and at the same time strengthen
the hands of the few noble men and wom-
en- OF Gailicia in educating and fostering
these unfortunate people and to rescue
their coreligiGnists from pauperis1n and
dependency. so that they can become self
sustaining and workers in the great bee
hive OF humanity.
And so Roumania which had been
promised under the Berlin Treaty a
wider scope Of citizenship and whose
horizon seemed illumined by mcdarn civ
iiiZatien. has lapsed into a state OF bar
barism that borders OF the incredible.
Men. women. and children of that land
have been driven forth like cattle, ire
! spcctive of their standing and their
worth and are battling now on the ocean
that separates Europe from this country
wandering all over Europe and the Uni
ted States seeking homes and shelter.
and trying TO reinsJaJe themselves
among mankind These Roumanians are
not paupers, they are not peddlers. The
bulk of them are mechanics, artisans
men who have earned their own living
and are an honor to their race and man
kind. The portion of them that viii be
domicIled in our own land viii be no
menace. They viii not destroy the la
boring mans union, and they Will not
become a charge upon their coreligion-
lists All they need at the inception is
a helping hand until they become as
simulated acquire the language CT their
new homes. and start out once more men
and women anxious TO support them
selves and be of credit to their race
Instances of sporadic and local mani
festations of the anti-Semitic feeling crop
out here and there even in the United
States, but they are very few, and thank
heaven that the Government and the
States in their official capacity of the ma
tion have no concern therein, and the
United States is still as it has been ever
since its creation, the home of the refugee
and the harboF of joy to each and every
one who discharges the sacred duties of
citizenship incident to the highest appre-
citation of true Americanism.
The fearful flood and devastating storm
which swept Galveston and other portions
of Texas almost from its moorings. ap-
peals to US in no uncertain sound We have
to a very limited degree thank heaven
seen in our own city wind storms. and
We thought ourselves very badly abused,
yet how tame and insignificant when COM
pared with this greatest of all disasters
in the history Of the United States
Nothing that can remember brings to
our imagination so Yividly the awful davs
and nights of flood and storm as those de-
scribed by Bulwer Lytton in the last
days of Pompeii Husbands and sons
fathers and brothers, wives mothers aud
sisters-in fact, all shades and all nation
aiities were swept into seething caIdron
OF death and destruction, and the wreck
age still visible tells tale of woe and
disaster unparalleled, and Gut of the
chaos created by the havoc of the ele-
ments there has arisen a spirit of human
sympathy that also stands without par-
alleI. and almost reconeiles one to this
great disaster, for it brings forth a cor
responding amount of love and kindness.
which otherwise would lie dormant.
While from all parts of the United States
this hand Of help and sympathy had been
extended, it is gladstone to know that
Washington has not been in the rear. and
to know that the members of this con-
gregation have not only contributed as
citizens as Jews, as members of general
organization and thus have duplicated
and quadrupled our gifts of love and SYM
pathy, but we have not done enough
More must be done, and for some time to
come.
While We viii NO doubt discharge every
duty incumbent upon US, international and
national We must not forget our local
needs The United Hebrew charities of
Washington has shown a wide and fntelli-
gent grasp CT what is best in the field of
charity, what it means in its true signii-
canoe, not to degrade, but to elevate and
to inStili into each and avarv raainiant +ba