The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-09-20
THE JEWISH FESTIVAL SEASON.
New Year and the Day Of Atone
N nent.

With the setting of. the sun on Sep
+an,ner % the Jewish year 5e66 VIII
ho welcomed by the faithful Jews the
World over.
pcsb -shanah (New Year.)
The era1,ying OF the holiday season t
is the word justice This day IS
known in our liturgy as the day OF
iuagment. The tradition of the syn
aposue invests the penitential days
r,oreon we are now entering with tn
awesome significance of Gods Judg
mo the deeds of men and rewardlng
+har in accordance with the their
deserts.
The Bible, the heritage, presented
nv the Jews to mankind, in its mos'
significant portions, the prophetlcai
ontbursts and the. psalmodic forth
pourings, emphasizes it in a thousand
forms and plays numberless variations
upon this theme of Gods justice and
the supremacy OF compensation In ene
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affairs Of the W. Id.
mis- festival is also called in the
Bible "Days of Remembrance ana
sDav of Blowing the Cornet." The
blowing Of trumpets was one OF tn7
main Characteristics OF the festival.
We know that every new moon was,
- o,,rs Pa1esunian ancestors.
ushered by the silver trumpet. The
;nsistence on the. musical part OF the
programme by the Biblical writer JUS
+;ses ne then. in supposing that not
+he ordinary instrument, but the ram
yorn as the more primitive, ana
therefore. more sacred instrument was
employed to summon the house OF
israel to enter upon the work OF sane
tification. :.
And as to sDay Of Remembrance
TO remember that we are offsprlngs Oh
Ahra ham. whom God has chosen 10
hecome blessing to the nations ana
= = o,,r d,,tv therefore, to cherish his
memory and the inheritance lnstfuss-
ed to us to become a blessing to the
nar;ons Lock unto Abraham VINO
was your father" Qsaiah 51:2) ana re-
member that you are his sons. ihe
New Year from the start was mum
bered among the principal holidays
like the Sabbath, it was to be a day d
rast fLeviticus XIII; 24-25) Oh
,rbic,, ali trades and all work were I:
be stopped. :.
Among the Orthodox Israelites, II
+he afternoon men, women and cnll
d,en 90 to the river cf the town OF |,
some brook in the neighborhood con
raining fish, turning their pockets III
side cut and throwing bread cru1eo
in4o the water while reciting Mica
VII 1920; Psalms CXVIlI, SO
yxxIII. and Isaiah xI, 9. Thiss cere
naony is known as the Tashi1k ce'e
n,onv God is sought to remit "a
Gins and to make the people as frultI'
as fsh. At the same time the ceremoI
conmemorates the sacrifice OF lsaa
for Satan tried to prevent Aoranaln
tourney, which was made on that oa
py causing mighty stream 10 ARISE
drown father and son.
III. The Day of Atonement tAo
n Kippur.)
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The Day of Atonement occurs
the tenth of the seventh month, ilsh
The principal Biblical passages reis
mo 70 its ceremonies are. Levi
Gus XVI; XIII, 2e-32; Numoe
xxx 7411. In rabbinical JUDAS
the Day of Atone1nent. completes :
nenitential period Of Ten Days IL
begins with New Years day. Beg
ming a few days before Rosh ha-Sf
nah. it is customary to rise carry
the morning service, which is precf
ed by special litanies and which
the Day of Atonenent, are woven
to the liturgy.
The Day Of Atonement' saio
rabbis-and therein lies the eehl
beauty of the festival-absolves If
sin against God, but not from
against a fellow man, unless the y
don of the offended person be
cured. Hence the custom OF ter
mating on the eve Of the fast day
eode oo6 djSpcteS
The Day of Atonement is the
stone of the sacrifcial system OF p
exiI,c Judaism. as. a sort of V
rious sacrifice Orthodox Jewish I
lilies kill on the day preceding
Dav of Atonement cock for
male hen for the female per
: of the household After the re-
ton Of Psalm CvII, 1920, and
the fowl Is SN