The age-herald., 1901-09-23
TOM KIPPUR ENDS WITH GOING DOWN OF THE SUN TODAY The Most Solemn of All the Jewish HOIi-
 days VERY IMPRESSIVE SERVICES Rabbi Newfeld Delivers Discourse on the Doctrines and Teachings of Judasm-ln Orthodox
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VERY IMPRESSIVE SERVICES

Tom Kippur Day of Atonement' the most solemn holiday of the Jews' began yesterday at sunset and ends when the sun goes down this evening. Services were held at the orthodox synagogue Tn Twenty-second street and at Seals Hall, under the auspices of the Order or Brith Abraham, as the sun was sinking below the horizon, and those at Temple eman- uel began at 7:30 o'clock.
 Each place of worship was filled, the synagogue having been crowded to over flowing. The elaborate ceremonial or the orthordox Jews of today is the same as that of ancient times and only the He brew language is heard in their services; while the beautiful ritual of the reformed branch of Israel in the United States, represented in Birmingham by the con gregation of Temple Emanuel, Is of mod ern construction and all of the prayers and versicles are in English.
 Services Very impressive.
 The exercises at the Temple were pro- foundly impressive and the music was Of a high order. Miss Corrie Handley play ed the organ and the singers were Mrs.
 
 c. P, Orr, Reed Miller and B. A. Wer- | ner.
 The choir opened the service by singing the ancient hymn, "Kol Nidre," known as Day of God' hymn. The same music was sung in every synagogue in the world. The melody Is traditional and Is perhaps the oldest known. That heard at the Temple was harmonized by Pro- lessor Stark of San Francisco, who SCOT ed it for an accompaniment of violin. violoncello, harp and flute. Last night the Temple choir was finely accompanied by Miss Handley on the organ. John Colman and Oliver Chalifaux on yiolins and E. D. Huston the cello.
 Translation of "koI NIdre."
 The English translation of "Kol Nidre" begins:
 | Day of God
 O, come!
 And fill all our spirits
 With peace and with gladness from | Heaven.
 | From the eventide to eventde Let all earthly thoughts be sanctified | In prayerl
 Upward to God, upward to God,
 Sons of earth together. Besides the ritual music in which Miss Chandler had a number of stirring solos, Mrs. Kern-Mullin sang a solo. Come Unto Me-" and MT. Chalifoux played Handel's Largo.
 When the opening hymn was ended Rabbi Newheld, in voice at once clear, rich and sympathetic, read the one hun dred and thirtieth Psalm-"Out of the depths have I cried unto. Thee. o Lord"
 Praise Be to God.
 Other readings were: Praise be to Thee, God, Ruler of the world, who hast granted us life, hast preserved and sustained us. and brought us unto this day"
 Praise be unto Thee, O Eternal, Ruler of the world. at whose words the shades of evening fall, and by whose will the gates of morn are opened. Thy wisdom established the changes of times and sea- sons, and ordered the ways of the stars in their reavenly courses. Infinite as Is Thy power. even so Is Thy love"
 Thou shalt love the Lord, thy God. with all thy heart. with all thy soul, and with all thy might"
 "Our God and God of our fathers, on this Day of Atonement, pardon our | transgressions, remove our guilt and blot out our ihiquities. as Thou hast | promised"
 70 God, God of our fathers, forsalke us not; may we not be put to shame.' May not the time be far, God, when Thy name shall be worshipped over all the earth, when unbelief shall disappear | and error be no more." pr. NeWield's Discourse. | The rabbi delivered an impressive and thoughtful discourse on the principles and precepts of Judaism and the essentials of | humanity. He said Israers greatest sol | emnities were those belonging to this day of atonement This day was the greatest of all days, the Sabbath of Sabbaths. Days like the Passover and Pentecost commemorated certain great episodes and | therefore had historical backgrounds. But Tom Kippur was only moral or spiritual. | It was a day for introspection and recon | ciliation. This was time, the rabbi said, for emphasizing the precepts of Judaism. Summed, the precepts were duty and righteousness. Duty covered fully the idea of charity. The Jews conception of charity was not aims giving We must help our neighbors; we must give to the