The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-12
CELEBRATE SHEBUOTH
CONFIRMATION OF CHIRDREN
 AT TEMPLE BETH-oR.
Impressive Ceremonies Mark the Ex- ercises-Program Witnessed by Congregation That Filled
 the Temple.

The first confirmation exercises in the new Jewish Temple of Beth-Or took place yesterday morning at 9:30. The exercises also marked the commemoration of the feast of Shebuoth.
 The splendid interior of the new Tenn pie was beautifully decorated for the ex- ercises. Flowers. tastefully arranged, all most hid the altar and had a place in every nook and corner where they would appear to best advantage. At the con- clusion of the exercises the flowers were distributed throughout the different hos pitfalls of the city.
 The confirmation class was composed of Hilda Moritz. "A Perry Street; Adolph Levy, IA Grove Street; Julian Rice, 426 Perry Street. and Irwin Gassenheimer, 421 Perry Street.
 The members of the class had complet~ ed the seven years course in the Sunday School necessary to graduation and con- tirmation. During the confirmati exer- cises they were awarded certificates bear ing appropriate notices.
 Shebuoth, the day on which the cxer- cises took place. is also called Pentecost and sometimes the Feast of the Weeks, occurring, as it does. seven weeks after Passover. It was ushered in Tuesday evening with impressive services at the Temple. short but eloquent sermonette was delivered Tuesday evening as a pre- Jude to the confirmation exercises of yes- terday.
 The confirmation services yesterday morning were witnessed by large con- gregation which taxed the capacity of the Temple. It was impossible to secure seats for all and scores stood in the aisles and against the walls.
 feature of the morning service was the reading of Master Sammie Wolff, an undergraduate of the Sunday School. but If years of age. He conducted the He brew Ritual and led the responses in a manner that would have done credit to an ordained rabbi.
 The music was solemn Appropriate and especially beautiful. Two numbers on the program worthy of special mention for their excellence were the rendition of "The Vesper Prayer" by Mrs. W. M. Clyde. and the andante of Goeterman by Miss Nellie Wolff, violainiste.
 At the close of the reading by Master Wolff the confirmation class marched into the Temple, led by Messrs, David Veil and Jacques Loeb. The class proper was preceded by twenty flower girls prettily arrayed in white and carrying bouquets of sweet peas and carnations. daintily tied with white ribbons. Ascending the
 
 ferings before the shrine, the offertory prayer being most prettily recited by Miss Lyra Meyer. The flower bearers were:
 Marcelle Sabel Ruth Bernheimer Ro- sic Krone, Carrie Loeb. Juliet Marcus Ray Marcus. Jeannetta Trum, Isabel Levystein. Claudia Moritz. Irma Rice Hannah Simon. Irma Wallner, Jesse Co hen. Rosa Dreyfus. Blanche Loeb. Mir jam Friedman, Ray Levy. Jeanetta Lob man. Anita Strassburger. Jeanne Weil Master Sammie Wolff, Reader; Miss Lyra Meyer, Offertory; Miss Nellie Wolff. Vio- liniste.
 The program of the exercises was as follows:
 Shebuoth Service-Union Prayer Book D. 165 if. Sammie Wolff; Confirmation Ode, Invocation. Lyra Meyer; Depositing the Flowers; Music; Examination of Con- firmants; The Decalogue; Music; The Crown of Royalty, Irwin Gassenheimer; The Crown of Knowledge. Julian Rice; The Crown of Holiness. Adolph Levy; Music: The Crown of a Good Name. Iiil- da Moritz: Confession; Blessing the Con- firmants; Music; Presentation of Certif- cates Parents Blessing Music. Bcne- li