The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-29
AND
PRAYER TODAY
Jewish Services in Observance
OF the Day of Atone
ment.
SERMON BY REV. FREUND
ORTHODOX AND REFORMED He
BREWs GATHER FOR WORSHIP.

VIII be continued today by both Jew
ish congregations in the city in observ-
ance of "Yom Kippur," the day of
atonement.
The service at the Congregation Mon
tefiOre, 365 South Third East street, be-
gan at $50 p. m, and continued for
nearly three hours. The Hebrew prayer
service was followed and Rabbi u. Bel
sky Of Denver, who has been chosen
to succeed Rabbi Kaplan in the local
church, led in the services.
Last year the lights went out sud
denly in the midst OF the services,
owing to a fuse burning out so that
last evening those i'm charge of the
meeting were careful to have an cleo
trician present during the entire even
ing TO avoid repetition of any such
occurrence.
Rev. Charles J. Freund conducted the
services at the Temple B'Nai Israel 249
South Fourth East street, where the
Jews of Salt Lake who are affiliated
with the reformed church gathered to
observe "Yom Kippur." The services
began at s o'clock, the chief feature be-
ing sermon by Rev. Mr.. Freund on
the subject, Reconciliation"
ToSay's Services.
The attendance at both churches was
large. All the Jewish places of bust
ness in the city closed their doors at s
O'Clock last evening, and will remain
closed until shutdown today. The day
is a fast day, second only to i"Rosh
Hashona," the Jewish New Year which
was observed last week. Services will
be held in both congregations today.
Practically continuous services will be
held in the orthodox church. At the
Temple B'Nai Israel, Rev. Freund will
speak at this mornings services, be-
ginning at 10 o'clock. on Repentance"
and at the afternoon services. held at
o'clock, upon Memory and Hope"
Mr.. Freund spoke last evening in
part, as follows:
by act of Providence the sacrificial
service came to the end of its destiny.
1t had served to fulfill it's purpose. And
when the day of atonement required
each individual became his own priest
interceding for full and free forgive
ness. The service became communal
act of atonement, which fact is evil
denced by the communal nature of the
prayers. 1t is not i have sinned and
transgressed,' but the formula is ex-
pressed in the plural. We have erred
and done wrong All of which was a
realization of the words of one who
said: Everything depends on the sin
certify of the suppliant' Though the |
Talmud loves to dwell on the splendor |
OF the ancient sanctuary and the gran /
deur of its services, il does not conceal !
the fact that all this magnificence bred |
in the last days of the temple a dan !
gerous Journalism. When the sanctuary |
fell. they say. there fell with it the wall /
of iron that had severed Israel from !
God. The extraordinary splendor of |
the services had led the Yorshipper TO |
put his trust in them alone and so TO |
overlook the one saving force that was
in his own breast.
Sins Against Ones Neighbor.
''In our participation in these services |
there is not an arrogant assertion of |
self-righteous piety. We recognize our |
fallibility, our shortcomings, and are |
ready TO make proper restitution. For |
we are firmly convinced of the truth of |
the Rabbinic saying that Where the (
truly repentant stands, the perfectly /
righteous is not able to stand The |
sins Of which man is guilty in relation |
to God may be atoned for on the day of /
atonement; but the wrongs which a |
man does against his neighbor. the day !
of atonement will not have forgiven |
until he has pacified his neighbor.
In our rush after lifeS vanities we
are too often forgetful that we do not |
control the length of our existence.
Like a breath, can we be taken hence
and then. if we have not made our
peace with all, is not a feeling of sad
ness only too easily manifest? Our
every moment should be spent in trying
to appease those whom We have in any
wise wronged. Prepare myself one day
before thy death for thou knowest not |
when this may be-. The apparel of
snow-white purity worn by some of
our co-religionists in their observance
of this great day is a stirring reminder
to them of the end that is i'm store for
all. With such garments upon them
they are forcibly reminded to ever seize
the opportunity which is at hand to
satisfactorily right any wrong they
may have perpetrated.
The Duty of Forgiveness.
The certainty of a continued exist
ence beyond the immediate present is
assured TO no one. II is therefore the