The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-11
HEBREW NEW YEAR,
OBSERVED WITH ELABORATE
CEREMONIES
SERVICES IN sYNAGoGUEs
This Is Year 5662 in Jewish Chron-
oiOgy-st.- Paul Hebrews Will
Make 1t Occasion for
Thanksgiving.

Friday and Saturday will be gala days
among the Hebrews of st. Paul, as well
as among the race all over the world
According to the calendar by which thew
inquire time, the new year 1862, according
TO the creation era, will begin at sunset
Friday and continue until SATURDAY. even
ing.
Ihere will be services in all the syna-
sogueS FRIDAY evening and SATURDAY.
morning, with special sermons and mu-
sic, and the balance of Saturday will be
given up to the social side of the dav,
winch is one of feast and great rejoicing.
Inc Jews follow the example of the
CHRISTIANS in making the day one for
paying calls and extending good wishes.
and 1t is also great family day. AS
Tar as possible every Jewish family is
gathered around the home board for a
1east that day Members who are awav
from nome make an extra effort to be
at nome, and the day is passed with
feasting and prayers of thanksgiving.
In the synagogues there are prayers OF
thanks given for blessings past and
prayers of supplication for blessings to
come. Rabbi RypinS, in speaking of the
holiday to the G o b e, said last night:
The tone of the day is vibrant with
NE. The constant refrain going through
the liturgy is, Tnscribe us for Life In
tAAO DOOh VI Lille, On King OF Life IT
is day of solemn joy There is noGh-
ing sad about the day more than there
IS any sadness connected with the Jew
ism religion in general. The Jews prayer
is Tor life, and on this day particular
stress is laid on the two-foId idea Of
HE and memorial. In the family the dav
OF our new year knits closer the ties.
Inc absent ones come home when pos
slole' and 1t is joyous day with u.s.
Services will be held at 8 o'clock Fri
day evening and half past nine O'Clock
Saturday morning. The services are free
and the public is cordially invited.
JEWISH CHRONOLOGY.
The Jewish year begins on the first
Gay of the month of Tfsri. The wear is
composed of twelve lunar months, and
as Ihe Deglnn1ng of these months cannot
pc f1Xed to any certain day of the Julian
calendar, there can be no Julian date
Tor the Jewish new year. The festival
Tell on Sept "A last year.
a month, according to the Jewish cal
enoar, comprises the period of one revo-'
luton OF the moon around the earth This
Yields 354 days and 8 hours for the twelve
months. or about II days less than the
solar year of 365 days To avoid the err
-ror which would arise and the confusion
OF dates, a whole month is added TO Ger
tam years. Thus, with a cycle of nine
teen years, the third, sixth eighth elav-
enth, fourteenth seventeenth and nine
tenth have thirteen months each, and are
leap years. In order to ascertain whether
a year has twelve or thirteen months the
number of the year is divided-by nine
teen. If there is no remainder, or if the
remainder is 8, 6, s, II, II or 10, the year
is leap year. The year which will be-
gin on Friday evening will be $685. By
dividing 1862 by 10 there would be no
remainder. which shows that the new
year will be leap year, having thirteen
months.
SIGNALED BY FIRES.
In the early days of Judaism before
there were any calendars the coming of
the new moon was determined by observa-
t1on and then it was proclaimed through
cut the land by means of fires on the
tops of mountains. In places where these
brought the news that the new moon
had been seen, and that a new month
had begun. But these messengers were
sometimes delayed, and the people some
times did not say the proper prayers I'M
til the moon was a day old. In order to
be on the safe side, and to guard against
mlshaps, the people living outside of Pal
est1ne observed tie feast Gays twice. They
celebl ated every holiday except the Day
of Atonement for two days. This custom
became so firmly rooted that even now
in the largest cities of the world, where
there can be no doubt as to the correct
ness of the dates, the orthodox Jews still
celebrate the second day." and for that
reason the New Years feast, which will
cad on Saturday at sunset in all REFORM
ed Jewish houses of worship, will be con-
tinued another day by the orthodox Jews.