The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-02
CELEBRATION OF
ROSH HASHAHAH.
Solemn Services Held at Beth
Ahaba Synagogue.
RABBI chLIscR's SERMON
He Reminded His Congregation That
Possibly bu; Another New Year
Would Be Celebrated al the
Preaent EN- pl G,

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shutdown o-day.
Rosh laasaanah is one Of the most /
solemn and generally observed feasts i
among the jewish people. It#is ya1loas1y |
called New Year. The Day of MsiaoIl .s
the Day of Judgment, and the Lay OF ihe |
15iow.;1y OF Inc Trumpet.
Or. Calisch preached yestoraas Oh /
ssnEemoiies ano his subject TINS morn.
ing VIII be '.'Iile Homage OF the ears.
Pie text last nigh. was sam LYNX, 10.
Happy the people Who know me SCUM
OF the trumpet, ., Lord, III Inc lisiit =.
iny countcnances wiil they walk ilri1lis-
Alter giving a cordial greeting 10 t4le
congregation and nj earnest PRAYER 4or
taelr happiness and prosperity IN The com
Ing Year, Rabbi Galisctl sara, IN part
The CLOSING, of ii year Is time Tor
rncmoiy-ior memory and for tears. sse
arc parting with an o.a friend--one whose
life is heltcelo.t!l and ioEeSer ineNuicd-
bly, bound up with our OWE All that we
have done within this tweifth-rontil,
just gone. God and CONSCIENCE alone
know. Something is known to our friends
md misunderstanding less TO that
wider world Of mountaineering whose
circumference marks the orbit of our
daily walks and dolngs. But the real self I
Of US. the true and lnmost ego Of each
of Us, has been yelled from tie wor.>-
knowledge. That intricate ccD1pleXLs of
sentiment and emotions; Of desires. feel
inGs. ambitions. plans, motives and Il Gspes, 4
worthy and unworthy: t?2t iadefJabie
ou1sef We haze kept under lock Of
secrecy, whose key is used In hat the
fa1cst moments of unresegved confidence.
But the Year that has Just gone had
Passed that guarded portal. He has IL
1saed into our lives percolated into The
Stly arena of cur secrets. Ard now that
We are standing at his opened grave,
nrout to lower his coffin into the cemetery
OF yesterday. We are stirred to recall
tkcse moments and deeds with which he
Sc associated in our lives
TRIBUTE TO DEPARTED.
AS friends Of a cornnsen friend we are
gathered in this house 10 pay the last
SGD tribute to the departed. AS vita a
human friend of flesh and blood, we re-
member what he has been to us. each
one. asd what We. each one. have been 10
him What did this year bring to you.
and YOU. and you? And what did you
accomplish during its presence her.2
Let each one of US call up the days;
let memory hold the stage and speak her
pait. and above all let her speak freely.
unilesitatingly. truly Do not blink the
r.lative values OF things TO magnify that
good deed YOU have performed. Ito a .varf
he lfindnes done TO Sou--to4 coudonc yoIlr
SHORTCOMINGS and paliate your nisdevtis
Let Your heart be opened honestly: let
.rsur soul be unlocked; let the probe of
inquiry sink into the very core of mo-
tie, and ses If the deed it impelled t.i,.
been for truth or for falsehood FOR ius-
ticc for greed.
There is q Wholesome value in. this
setfospect. 1t is the purpose OF the day
to call it up The shefnr sounds that NE
shall hear on the morrow are the tl,tlnl-
pet tones Of awakened memory. In ar4-
ucipauon they speak TO us In this tender
hout 10 enforce the words of The psam-
list: Happy they who llearI5en to< the
sounds of Tie trumpet. They shall walk,
oh, Lord securely in the light Of Thy
4 caunte.ance.
SOLEMN NOTES.
How can We say HAPPY? q Does not
memory bring tears? We cannot recall
only that which is gladstone. Along with
the Joy-beis there sound the solemn notes
OF the dirge and tte knell. Does not the
spent year bring home to US those dear
ones whose pilgrimage on earth has, alasl
found its end? There are other death
chambers rolinned on tho canvas OF the
mind 10y this dissolution Of one or Tines,
offspring. We stand in thought by other
graves besides this or The gear. There
are tears. unaYaliing teaiss, Tor those
dread hours OF ,nortal parting through
which we have all passed. There are
tears for the pain ana The gflet OF seoa-
ration, FOR the plans that have been de-
feated for the promises that have oudded
for naught. Tor the gliefs that have been
sown thiekly In the pathwa. of.ourselves
and our loved ones There are tears Tor
the dafl1enea bitterness of disappointment. u
Tor the lost arrows that We're shot from
the bow OF hope, for the pain and the
sorrow that have come to Us. And are.
there tears, too for the pain and The
sorrow we have caused to others? There
should he Let memory deal with what
we have done as well as what we sEt-
fa-ad at the tones of the sacred Tnin-
net nicrce the hattlemented walls Of the
castle OF orr selfish completeness: let
them penetrate the chambers the heart
and echo in the farthest corners OF the
FOUL, that we may hear them. ana heaa-
ken, and be happy.
RECALL TO REPENT.
Happy Can we be happy in the re-
collection OF our rnisGecdsg 1ts, IN one
way Ii We recall them 10 repent them,
ii Ne remember In Greer TO atone IL Is
mans chief blessedncss that there Hes IN
his mature an i8Rnite capacity Ior nm
,,rovement, capacity than begins with
the lowest depths OF degsauation and ends
only with the infinite pefIecttcn@ OF s'ou
no recall our, 1nisaeeds in oIuer that We
may repent; in order 10 recognize thelr
eyfl. and 10 resolve, with God hep, not
TO persevere in them. to recall the DIT
s ferress and pain we have csaseu IN Sile
hearts of others in order 10 atone anu
ASK forgiveness: To 20 tn him whem You
nave %ipllS'.a6 stli1 2NE%ifrt y ~ ~. - =
10 go 10 him M!.o has w.onged yeu ard
say i bear no gy'1dge, let lsape 1Ilsnls =
these are men orlaS. Hi}ose ;eats sha!! pc
transformed to siIl.tts % 10y Msf2se
pain shall ne ftsaflsed 10 ;7lacacss a:31
whose grief shall l,e this seed q a harvest
Of happiness Ard it is Of ttaese wao 60
ga hearkon 40 he s0ual2!, q the saetef
that the ,,sal,saist speaks for they in
decd shan be happy for :fley shall walk |
recurely in the ligh, OF Gods counte-
oance,
MEM ERA.
.oh. my friends. want this New
years eve to be the beginning of a nc@
and splendid era for Beth .Ahaba- We
,re on the eve Of building 81 a new
temple Possibly but another New Year.
md the building Viii be hut memory.
a hallcwed sanctiiied memory. aud we
shall have enlarged The boundaries of our
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