New-York tribune., 1902-10-13
PHASES OF YOM KIPPUR.
mn MTNGLING or ANCIENT AND MOD
TBN N SYNAGOGUE COX
GREGATIONS

Alupvs more crowded than any other section ~
,.s -itv The streets OF the Jewish quarter on the
lsr East Si6e were filled 10 replction Friday eve
rrur and an 5ay yesterday Half a million Jews
,e-e keeping Yom kippur. the Day Of Atonemert.
~ one great holy day of the Jewish church
BESIDES fasting and ceasiug 10 work the devout
Ia must 90 ro his synagogue on TINS day II al no
..ser tirue during the wear As early as O'Clock
r-asv afternoon the sIieets were fun Of hurryinc
,s-oncs fastening 10 the temples The children
,,-s mostly left az home Mothers with Young
.bes STAYED also, and the sick All Others went 10
the service many q. ''h SlaNlh uhill IL closed a.
10 o'clock
The ordinary places of worship were far too small
% accommodate the Worshippers. for the outpour-
g mas far 1 excess cf that IN the Christian world
~ Faster CAY. So halls were hired by the different
,,.stes. Tie Jewish population OF NeW-York is
,-rarizsa into q multitude Of societies. each one
.,,,n,sed cf men from a certain city or a certain
ss.-ion in Europe They have sick benefit and life
,-.,rar,e features and among other things every
s,,,ery hires han where its members may worship
On Won Kippur The great synagoEues are an
,,.rss hy slmIl-r societies. which have developed
!, tpsr presert status from little associations os
,,,- immigrants The ties that bind the different
.o-qrscstions are rsllElous NOT governmental
,rbers was scarcely block IN New-york yester-
ssv in which al least one such hall was not pro-
,t5es for Jews of the neEhborhood and in some OF
"a. blocks OF the Ghetto twenty. thirty even Hfrv
,nrones of worshippers To Tho synsEogues the
rsople were admitted only by ticket
Entering a typiral synagogue. the one al No 50
Piv,netor-st one behsld on the main floor a vast
congregation ~ n1ea, ana climbing 10 the gallery.
v-hsrs rbe womer were secluded, one could look
down mon this great company OF men and watch
them az their tsyouoEs. Nearly all wore either
sbaWls or scarts. the married men wearing the
shawl sr6 the Young men the Scarfs. The shawls
were al alike. q cream ground with black bands
crt out A. ths neck where they were bound some
times with hin az b~cht color-hlue or mink or
lemon The scarfs were also creamy white with
hack stripes and f1lEe across the ends Every
man held a thick book like The hymn hooks Of
Protestant churches containing the prayers printed
IN Hebrew Al times confused rnurmur arose
rrer read trelr prayers hi concert. Many svayed
70 and fro constantly as they prayed some would
ward. and Tor e hllf hour az time maintain a
quick rhythmic ooW-lnE. pthers beat their breasts
Israel. with 8 reverend beard this was not incon-
Derby hat OF tins seasons vintage. and very smart
collar ard tie beating has breast he prayed
IL produced 8 curious sensation. The hats TOO
produceG a quaint eject 10 thf Christian eve for
every man kept on Dis hats and the tan six hats,
shove the sHawls The lrtie hao- skull caps worn
by many or the men Were more iD keeplnE
As Tor the women in The Ealory. they were I'm
their usual garo, except tn-t scattered here and
there were some Wno wore itree-corucred white
These were che older women trained under the
Nous rGle NEloE Taught them 10 conceal their
aeaos ana faces i,on ne men during prayer. IN
fact the reason af the basis % this separation OF
ibe men and women lu the Jewish place OF worship
Eas that the uueI must be- kept out OF sight or
they would distract the mines ~ the men from
theT prayers In the halls opened by scores Friday
right curtain was simply run through the centre
on one slae OF which the women worshipped and
on the other The men
However most Of The women iu the gallery Of
he synagogue were totally without cOmpunctlons
m regard 10 the dcVOrious of rheir suneriOrs. and
covered their heads only with the finest hats they
could buy. The picturesque cid Game IN her viz
woman, teacher perhaps, a stenosrspher, or the
daughter OF wealthy father. who carried book
because she 6id not know the Hebrew. and 70
whom the scene below meant hardly more than Il
cio 10 the Gentle visitor.
over al the clear piercing sweetness Of the bows
soprano rose peUtfrariuEly. mingled with the deep
oass o. the The rich satin curtain behind the
ttar was drawn aside. revealing the "a abes OF the
iaN standing ln their si'keu covers: the scrolls
winch are written by hand. as they have been from
The beginning