New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1906-06-09
RABBI MAX HELLER OFFlClATES AT
NEW SYNAGOGUE AT NEW IBERIA.

The Jewish Congregation of the
Gates of Prayer yesterday cele-
brated their Shevous with impress
sive ceremonies that continued
throughout the day, the services
taking place in the handsome new
synagogue. Rabbi Max Heller, of
Temple Sinai, New Orleans, con-
frmed a large class of children at
the synagogue, which WINS arts
tically decorated by the ladies of
the congregation, and at night de-
livered a sermon on "Woman.
The text OF Rabbi Heller was
taken from the Book of Pro-
verbs. He expatiated phil
osophically on the duties of wife
hood. He admonished the wife
to share the heavy matrimonial
burdens with her husband in a
spirit that appreciates the true
rlag and priceless value of the serl-
Gus duties Of life.
Lies tinsels and glittering
generalities, said the speaker, and
the consequent train of fitting ap-
plause and clamor of multitudes
are the destructive tribute to vanity
and seIfesteem, and will, meteor
like, pass into oppressive darkness
and Oblivion. These things he stated,
are some of the dead weight hand
icappiug true, sincere efforts at
betterment of the human race.
The strong woman should assist
in the solution of weighty problems
affecting humanity, in a spirit of
humility, fortitude aud courage,
and should contribute work of per-
manent value in the elevation and
advancement of the family and
nation. Truth, justice and ill.,
dustry should be the pillars sup
porting the edi6ce reared for child
rem. Idols and false principles, in
the form of misplaced love and
paternal, attachment, are the ruins
of misspent lives and misguided
eXistenceS.
A mother should rear her off
spring so that they become useful
citizens, useful members of society,
workers in the vineyard and doors
of things beautiful. No other
course can obtain the object and
the hope of the parent, and any
deviation will create wrecks of dis
appointment and derelicts on the
lost path Of the ocean eternity.
The services of confirmation
were impressive and instructive.
The figure of the devoted Rabbi
doomed up as that of the old proph-
ct expounding the law. Judaism
contains those subtle charms of
plain truth and those sublime les
sons on the philosophy of life that
enthrall man, and Rabbi Heller
was no more eloquent than when he
appealed to those new consecratad
members of the covenant to wear
the hereditary crown intelligence,
of usefulness, Of spiritual SUI.
premacy, the crown that graces the
brow of their forebears and IL
lumined dark souls and lost lands,
with the honor, the devotion, the
patriotism becoming every He
brew. No expediency or tenn
porary makeshift should defect
the true aim or the unerring sight
of the visions of duty.
| "lnthese days Of temptation, y,
Said the Rabbi, "where the metallic
tinkle of coarse wealth dazzles the
eye and hypnotizes the heart, the
precepts of the old, simple com
mands of the Jewish laws stand
out as immortal rocks on which
you can anchor the hopes and
ambitions of the human heart
Those confined were Misses
Mable Levy, Sadie Davis, Rose and
Katie Taul. The officers of Syna-
gagoue are Messrs. Leon Dreyfus,
president; A. Rosenzweig, vice
president; M. Scharff, treasurer;
Jos We'll. secretary.