Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-10-09


all Jewish holidays, the day of re-
pentance and atonement, is being ap-
propriately observed by the Jews of
Pine Bluff today. Temple Anshe
Emeth is the scene of the cermonies
that characterize the solemnity Of the
occasion, and the services, which COM
menced with Sunday evening, will
continue throughout today and until
sunset in the afternoon
All the Jews of Pine Bluff are join
ing in this great celebration of Yom
kippur, bringing as it does to a close
the ten days of repentance following
Rosh Hoshona, the Jewish New Year.
Yom Kippur began with sunset Sun
day afternoon, and continues until
sunset today. This will be period of
prayer and fasting, and is a period OBJ
served by all Judaism, both of the re-
formed and orthodox churches. The
central idea dominating it's observ-
ance is that of penitence and remorse
for sins. Every Jewish business
house in the city is closed today in
homer of the sacred occasion.
The services Sunday night at the
temple were attended by large audi
ence of Worshipers, and consisted of
the very solemn and impressive ritual
istic work of the Jewish faith Music
was the feature of the entire service.
however, and Miss Amanda Dye favor
ed the audience with a very beautiful
sclo redition of the old song. "We'll
Never Say Goodbye in Heaven"
Rabbi Frisch gave brief talk to
the congregation, explaining the sig
nificance of the day and closing with
an exhortatiOn to repentance.
"Spendthrifts as we have been with
those rites and ceremonies of Juda-
ism most hallowed by age he said,
s'the Day of Atcnement has come down
to us as still the most sacred occa-
sion we have to observe
Though changed slightly in charac-
ter by the hand of time, he said the
day was still regarded by all Jews
as the most important of all the holi-
days. as the most solemn of all OBJ
servances.
Rabbi F'risch then touched upon it's
Importance to Judaism, pointing out
in eloquent language the necessity of
having such day set apart for peni
tence and atonement of sins
He said that the rabbis of old made
the claim that Moses delivered unto
his people the law upon this day, and
Rabbi F'risch showed how probable
such claim was, and how appropriate
that the law should have been deliver
ed upon this occasion.
New and more elegant methods of
observance have permeated the Jew
ish church, and slightly changed the
face of it's observances, but the fact
of atonement was one of the basic
principles of the faith, and the expe-
rience of atGnement was one of the
fundamental things of humanity
Man falls into sin by contact with
the world; none of us are perfect; we
become estranged from God and sep
arated frcm man-an outcast, false
TO self. But not forever; times come
like yom Kippur, when all things con-
tribute to make him cast off his world
ly shell and return to the true God.
The accumulated appeals of the sa-
cred day cause him to- bend his head
and acknowledge his sins.
From this. Rabbi Frisch passed to
the subject of repentance, and told
his hearers what the term implied.
Judaism had no use for that kind of
repentance that lasted but for the
hour. that change of heart of the mo.
ment, that grew indistinct before
new moon. We demand sincere re-
pentance, sincere reformation: no
artificial sentimentality.
He closed with an exhortation to all
to repent of their sins.
Services were held in the temple
again Monday morning beginning at
10 O'Clock. At noon recess was TAX
en- until 2:3O. From that time until
sunset the services will continue.