The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-10-06
Yom kippur and Sukkoth.

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Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.
was befttingIy observed by Bikur
Cholim Congregation last Saturday,
the 296f1 ult., when divine services
were held at the local synagogue il
the presence of a large number OF
devout Israelites. Rabbi NJ. Klein
| offieiated and distinguished himself
for his eloquenee and fervor, eliciting
many expressions of esteem and APP
probation from his admiring eongre-
cation. A distinct feature of the
beautiful services was the exquisite
manner in which the ancient melodies,
as we'll as those of later date, were
rendered by the choir, composed of
Miss Anne Sims, organ1st. Miss julia
Fevrier and Mrs. Charles Odell, So
pranos; Miss Ora Dalferes, alto;
Pierre Blanchard, tenor. and DR..
John S. Thibaut, baritone and leader.
The special seriptural readings form
ING part OF the Atonement services
we're enunciated by r. Singer, VIM.
Pforzheimer. Lucien Meyer, Jasmin
Tobias and NJ. Heyman, of Thibo-
daux.
Yom Kippur is one Of the hottest
days in the Jewish calendar OF feasts,
and is observed by Jews the world
over as a day OF fasting, penitence.
prayer and charity. 1t is the last day
Of the ten days of repentance which
commenced with the new year, and its
commemoration is ordained in the
Holy Bible, Book of Numbers, chap
ter 20, verse I: 'sAnd ye shall have
on the tenth day of the seventh month
an holy convocation; and We shall
affiict your souls, ye shall not do any
work thereon and in another pas
sage: son this day ye shall be for
given and cleansed of all your sins;
before God shall ye be pure. = The
songs and prayers constituting the
services on this holy day are tradl-
tional and date back to ancient times,
when the temple was in its glory at
Jerusalem.
During the twenty four hours ush-
cred in at twilight Wednesday eve
ming, Bikur Cholim Congregation cell
ebrated sukkoth, the Feast of Taber-
nacles, which begins in the evening OF
the fourteenth day of the month of
Tishri, and lasts seven days. Only
the first day, however, is a holy day
of obligation. The seriptural authori-
cation for this feast is found in Levi
ticus, 1884: son the fifteenth lay of
the seventh month shall be the Feast
Of Tabern acIes for seven days unto
the Eternal. On the first day shall be
a holy convocation, no servlle work
shall ye do. On the eighth day shall
be holy eonvocation unto you. In
booths shall We dwell seven days, that
your generations may know that I
caused the Children of Israel to dwell
Ia booths when [ brought them forth
out OF the land of Egypt.
Sukkoth, or the Feast Of Taber
naeles, is harvest feast, and its OBJ
ject is to rejoice before God after the
gathering of the harvest. The feast
reminds Israelites of their journey
through the wilderness and subsequent
deligerance. In many of the eongre-
cations worshippers bring with them
branches of palm, willow and myrtle
trees in commemoration OF the origi-
nal character Of the celebration, and
other orthodox Jews. literally dwell in
booths constructed upon their own
premises in order to illustrate the
teachings Of the festival. On the
eighth lay Of the feast the reading of
the Torah is completed during public
service, and its opening chapter re-
cited,