The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-09-19
SORROW FOR SIN
AMONG HEBREWS
fom kippur, Day of AtOnement,
Celebrated.
PRAY, FAST, AND REPENT
SERVICES AMONG ORTHODOX
AND REFORMED JEWS.

Just as the sun sank below the west
ern horizon last evening the day of
atonement began with both the re-
formed and orthodox Jews in this city.
Congregation Montefiore gathered in
thelf synagogue on Third East in
larger numbers than they had ever as
sembled before. and for two hours the
service of penitence followed II will
be resumed again at o'clock this
morning and will be continued through
out the day, closing at shutdown this
evening with the blowing of the ram
norm During all this time no Hebrew
VINO follows the teachings of his
chUrch will partake of food. drink. to-
Dacco or amusement Of any kind II
IS time OF repentance, of fasting,
humiliation and prayer
AT the synagogue of Congregation
Montefiore all men wore their hats
This is i'm harmony with the old idea
of covering the head. The tails. a
robe Of white linen striped with black
10 symbolic the sack cloth and ashes
or olden times. was worn by the men
thrown over their shoulders.
Women Take No Part.
Where the ritual is enforced to the
letter no women are permitted to sit
A
service. They are consigned to a gal
lery where they may look on and profit
tby the service, but remain silent This
rule was not enforced at the service
last evening, although the women were
required to keep to one side of the
synagogue by themselves Where. the
ritual is closely followed also in EuroUe
and some eastern cities the worsnipers
remove their shoes at the service. This
was not followed last evening Neither
did the worshipers kneeI as they are
required to do i'm places
The penitential service has been OBJ
served by the Hebrew people almost
from the beginning of history When
they were driven from Jerusalem into
Babylon this service was instituted
and il las been followed ever since
with more or less. modification. Last
night the service was intoned bv ]
Coppel, who was assisted I'm. the service
by l. M. Lewis, G.. NJ Lewis and S.
Sahnenson, the president of the socie-
~. The service was rendered i'm the
Hebrew, and every member of the con-
gregation was supplied with a ritual to
enable him to follow the leader. Sor-
row and repentance for sins were the
dominating feature of the service. The
responses in many voices, i'm many
Keys, like the murmur Of TIE sea. gave
the impression OF anguish, While the
swaying bodies and the beating Of the
breasts by many added to the i'm
preston of sorrow.
Like the Temple Of Old.
The synagogue is constructed on the
plan Of the temples OF old. with the al
tar. the candlestick with the seven
candles and the holy of holes in the
rear. separated from the body of the
church by a silken veil. over this veil
is the star representing the shield of
David, and in the receptacle behind the
curtain are kept the scrolls symbolic
ing the Mosaic law. At a point in the
service these scrolls We're carried out
by two venerable priests in white. robes
and held in front of the altar while
the intoning and lamentations of The
people were continued.
The reformed Jews in the service at
Temple B'nai Israel also celebrated
YOm Kippur last evening. and there
the services will be continued also
throughout today. Here the ceremony
was more modern and less formal and
music played an important part, some
OF the best musicians i'm the city as
sisting the choir. The religious serv-
ices were in charge Of Rabbi Louis r.
Reynolds and were beautiful and i'm
preSsive. The sacred chorus, "KOl Nj
DIRE. played a prominent part in tie
musical service here as well as in Con
Eregation Montefiore.