The Washington times., 1901-09-26
SYNAGOGUE OF ADATH ISRAEL.
Yom kippur Celebrated With Sol
emn and Impressive Services.

The Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur
was observed by the orthodox Jewish
community. Adath-Israel, at their syna-
gogue, Sixth and G Streets northwest.
The entire congregation spent the day in
prayer and solemn meditation, abstained
! from either eating or drinking from sun
| set Sunday to $50 o'clock at night the
| following day.
| Rev. Julius r. Loeb, their new rabbi,
who recently arrived from Brooklyn, N.
Y, made the services highly impressive.
| On Sunday night, after the stirring
! prayer, kol Nidre, which he rendered,
| he delivered an interesting address ap-
propriate to the occasion, referring to the
| tragic event still fresh in the mind Of
all. Said he:
Our good and great Chief, William Nc
kinley, has been laid to rest, the earth
has closed over his mortal remains. and
his noble soul has found repose from its
earthly tolls in the realms of eternal bliss,
amidst the righteous and the blessed He
was bewailed and lamented, as well be-
fitted. But his departure has left with us
an awful lesson, and that is, how little
We can trust to human nature even in a
land Of peace, and at this so-ealled en-
lightened age
How absurd, how ridiculous 1t were
to assume that the restraints of religion
and its all-embracing morality are no
longer needed for the guidance Of man
and the curbing of his passions If Le-
viathan has been caught in net, what
might do the fishes of the pond; IL flame
has consumed the mighty cedars. what
might do the lowly hyssops of the wall"
Quotation from the Talmad.)
ha fafh har of ,f.yt,4
nation. and who himself was as pure from
stain. as innocent from guilt as new
born babe; il such a one was SO tragically
cut down by the hand of wickedness, and
blown away like withered grass, what
are we? What is our life, what our
righteousness and what our strength
What Is our security, in which We trust?
Who knows but that the outcome of this
outrage might be an awakening of Sec
tionalism and race-prejudice in eur peace
ful land? Who knows but that on ac-
count of those ungodiy and innumanly
anarchists the immigration as a whole
might be checked. and thousands Of our
brethren oppressed and down-troddeH by
tyrannical sway might be debarred from
entering this haven of safety and finding
refuge therein as We did?
Let us hope, however, that the benign
American Institutions, which are direct
emanation from the Mosaic code, will
shield and protect us in common with
all the free and useful citizens Of this
blessed country. Let us invoke the di-
vine grace from en- high that these in
sttutions of Justice and equality may
never be impaired or weakened in any
degree. Let US supply ourselves with
perfect reliance in God ana a conduct
that shall reflect credit on us and all
around us.
we must at once resolve to conquer
the perVerse human nature and give de-
ference to our time-hallowed religion,
which inspires us with love for God with
love for all his creatures We must stand
now, as ever before. as t. faithful guar
dians of divine truth, neither adding
thereto nor diminishing therefrom.
Although the world is progressing in
sciences and arts, still religion has to
continue kindling its light in the hearts
of humanity until the world has all been
regenerated and filled with the knowledge
of God even as the water covereth the
sea. When the truth of the first com
mandment Will be fully realized, and every
reasoning being imbned with the recog-
milton of a universal and ail-powerful
God for united brotherhood of man.
there will be no room left for a trans
crossing of Thou shalt not commit muir
der
Atheism and anarchy are the two
monstrous deviltries that always go hand
in hand. And once have the restraints
of Gods law been shaken off when with
II go crashing all law and order estab-
ished by man and state. An anarchist
is he that denies the superintending
watchfulness of the all-wise Providence
who made everything beautiful in its
due season. Hence his hatred to the en-
tire world. But the consistent believer in
God is sustained and cheered in the con-
yiction that there is an all-wise and all
merciful Creator who does everything
for our ultimate good, and such an opti-
mistic view would make him the friend
of all.
"A diffusion of religious knowledge is
what is most necessary for the extirpa-
tion of anarchy. Give your children a
moral training and imprint on the tender
mind the wise teaching: My son. Fear
the Lord and the chief of state. Shun
and the anarchists as you would
a leper and leprosy. Remove from your
midst every root that beareth gall and
wormwood. Remove all evil from your
midst. and let the world see in you the
ever faithful children of Light. the scions
of the early great ones who thought the
world an example of true godliness and |
peace forever
The Succoth festival will commence to- |
morrow evening, and will last for seven
days. after which two festive days. |
and Simchath-Torah, |
will conclude the Jewish holiday season. |
Elaborate services will be held at the |
Sixth Street synagogue during all these |