The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-12
THE DAY OF ATONEMENT.
APPROPRIATE SERVICES HELD BY
BOTH BRANCHES or The
Jewish church---NeSt Wednesday the
Festival OF the Tabernacle viii &c
Held-Fastiup and Prayer.


Appropriate Atonement Day services were
held By the two Jewish congregations yes.
terday The orthodox Hebrews gathered
az Turner hall Tho reformed branch OK
the church held services AZ Temple Beth
Israel Trayer ana fasting continued
throughout the day. At Turner han Rev.
Dr. Yasgom chanted the service ana re.
sponses were made by the congregants.
The conclusion OF the orthodox service was
very impressive. Tho rabbits rich tenor
voice chanting the traditional prayers and
the fervent responses Of the members Of
his congregation we're particularly solemn
and impressive. Tho last service was held
az 0 o'clock. This IS called the conclusion
service, or nellie. meaning to lock Tho
gates Of grace are open during Atonement
Day. and when tho sun is on tho horizon
the gates begin to lock- Between and
o'clock the ark was unveiled and after
prayer was over a blast from the shofar
horn announced that tho ceremonies were
at an end Nearly all Of the orthodox
Jews tasted throughout the day and 900
or coo wers present at each ceremony.
at Temple Beth Israel morning service
waa conducted BY Mr.. s. Rosenheid. At
NAAe AptlA bekfAGes AlAtA AAEhs bh4tlh Alltu q
solo. which was beautifully rendered. Dr.
Bainstein preached sermon on why We
Attend Temple" Then followed a memoir.
lai service for those Who have died since
the congregation was established
The afternoon service was conducted by
Dr.. Barnstein. Mr. Kahn also made an adj
dress In which he referred fenAngly 10
corning the inhuman treatment OF tnA
jews in RounHnia. Many persons from
nelghbcring cities attending each service
At the conclusion Of the service at TEN
pie Beth Israel . 10 D.. m. Mr. Oliver
sang solo and Or, Bernstein preached u
sermon on Tolerance" given below.
Next Wednesday night the Festival OF
the rahernacea VIII be held by both
branches o. the Jewish church Tho ser.
mons music and ceremonies upon that oe-
casion VIII DO direct contrast to Atone
meut Day observRnces.
Following e Dr. Barnstein's sermon;
My Dear Friends. On New Years eve
we discussed the value OF prayer and we
saw that whenever the race accustomed
itself 10 regular devotion II dourtshed, but
when It neglected this vital Jewish duty
It docaYed.
Let US now take typical Biblical prayer
and let Us see how tolerance was engrained
into the mind OF the Israelite.
Here are couple Of sentences from
King Solomou's beautiful conservation
prayer. which is to be found Ia the sixth
chapter Of the second book Of Chronlcles
Moreover. concerning the stranger that
come from far country for thy great
names sake and thv mighty hand and thy
stretched outarm. when they shall come
aud pray toward thy house: then hear thou
from heaven, even from thy dwelling place.
and do according 70 all that the stranger
calieth TO thee for. that all the people OF
the earth may know thy name and fear
thee. as doth thy people Israel, and that
they may know that this house which
have built is called by thy name :"
Truly a remarkable thought The wisest
nN all he -
upon the building he had raised TO the
glory of God, and begs that the prayers
and applications that ho ana his people
may there offer shall be acceptable In
Gods sight, and then. In the verses which
l have lust quoted to YOU. he Graves the
came blessings for the Gentiies who might
prav there
And that this Is no isolated liberal senu-
ment OF wige and tolerant king VINO
was In advance of his age may be seen
from the fact that In the temple proper
there was a great corridor. known as the
court Of the gentiles, which yas devoted
exclusively 60 the use OF non-Jews.
And before we proceed further ! snould
Ike 20 Insert a patenmoticnl remark.
IL has become a very ugly colloquialism
In American Jewry TO speak of our Chris
uan feliow.citizens MS gentlS.
This Is both linguisticaliy ana morally
wrong
Gcntue means heather. and Christianity
Is founded upon Judaism and no upon
paghniam,
II is therefore perfectly correct FOR a
Biblical writer TO designate his monde wisn
contemporaries as gentlics but Il Is griey-
ously wrong for us Jews 10 characterize our
non-Jewish contemporaries In tho same
manner.
1 am aware that we have been errinE IN
| ignorance and in Innocence, but / trust.
my dear congregants, that we shall In the
! ruture erase this ugly. Insulting and mean.
| ingless word from our Vocabulary
Ana the prayer OF King Solomon sum.
marizes the liberal and tolerant spirit when
pervades our law, our prophetical writings
/ our Talmud and our medieval literature.
let US now take n characteristic example
| from each.
listen 70 the teachings Of the Book Of
| Numhefs' One ordinance shall be both
Tor You and also for the stranger that so
| 1ourneth with you, an ordinance forever IN
your generations. as ye are, so shall the
stranger be before tho Lord" Mum. Nv
Isaiah. probably the broadest. minded mar
not only 81 his own, but Of all times, goes
step further. Singing out two OF Israel'l
| hereditary enemies. he shows that they
are equally, the objects q the divine mercy
as is Israel Blessed be Egypt. my PEG
plo and Assyria, the work n mine hands
| and Israel my heritage Us, xix, 25)
Inc Ialmnd saws that even heather
| may hope 20 win eternal bliss, provided
only that his actions have been noble
mo JUST among the gentiles have nor
tiou "a tina world 10 come"
And here ia the opinion OF an italian
! rabbi Of the Tenth century: II call heaven
and earth 20 witness that Jew or non
| Jew, man or woman, freeman or slave. al
may hope 70 receive the divine spirit
everything depends upon their action,
! II Is JUDGED perfectly true that we dc
meet With an occasional utterance IN this
flalmud ana medieval writings which has
m intolerant ring about It. but considerlng
the awful tortnres aud tho abominahlS
! prosecutions which our unfortunate ances
tors Dad 20 endure merely because thes
were Jews, the wonder Is not that we find
such Isolated Individual opinions. but thai
we md 50 few OF them,
The fundamental teaching both OF ON
Biblical and post Biblical writings 1
broadly aud universally tolerant, regard
Ing not tae creed. but only the deed.
n a similar spirit had permeated the fol
lowers or the two creeds which sprani
from the loins OF Judaism, then history
would not have had 10 recall the melan
choly and distressing prosecutions, th'
mere perusal Of which turns the blood cold
We should never then have heard OF am
massacre OF ST. Bartholomew OF any OK
pulslon Of the Jews from Spain OF any in
QUESTION, Of any autn-lin-fe. slowly hay,
tue nations learned the lesson OF toleranc'
Pruponnded BY our great lawe1ver upwars
" nnp wears ago,
We had 10 walt until the Nineteenth cen
tnry before we were tolerated IN Europe
and even today. nearly half OF that con
unent which prdee itself upon being III
most clvihEed portion OF tho world, close
, IFS doors la the. IntNfa fuoa n ltnrlleh "a