The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-18
BREAK FASTTO TONIGHT
JEWS OBSERVING DAY OF
ATONEMENT.
Suspend Business, Pray and settlesDif-
ferences and Give to Charity.
Some Still Wear shroud.

holy and fast day in the Hebrew cal
endar, and it marks the close of The
ten days of penitence during which
Jews, whether orthodox, reformed or
conservative, attend the synagogues,
pay all debts and settle any quarrels
they may have had, so they may begin
their new year cleansed Of sin.
The day is celebrated under the di-
r~ections contained in the sixteenth
chapter, verse 20, in the Book of Le-
viticus, thus:
"And this shall be a statute forever
unto you, that in the seventh month
We shall afflict your souls and do no
work at all, whether it be one of your
own country or a stranger that So
journeth among you, for on that day
shall the priest make an atonement
for you to cleanse you, that " may
be clean from all your sins before the
Lord"
1t was in accordance with this that
Hebrews observe the fast.
All stores or other places of business
run by Jews were closed at sunset last
night, and no one of the orthodox faith
did servile work today. Thousands
fast and pray during the twenty-four
hours ending tonight at sunset, after
which there will be feasting in the
homes. Services of prayer n psalm
singing were held in the synagogues
his morning, with sermons at IL
o'clock or at noon, and this afternoon
there were prayers offered for all who
died during the past twelve months,
and at some of the services there was
a Many nails have been leased
by charitable and religious societies
for the observance of the day.
TIL Russian and Polish Jew colonies
OF the "HllI' west of High street, are
OF the orthodox faith, and they observe
the day as their ancestors did for hundreds
Of years. Every store in Prince, Broome
and Charlton and. other streets was closed
last night.
At the Temple B'nai %Jeshurun, in
Washington street. where reformed Jews
attend. services were opened after q
O'Clock last night. The body of the temple
and the galleries were acked Joseph
Leucht, rabbi emeritus, read from
the Bible and made a prayer, and Rabbi
Solkasky, the cantor. intoned psalms, the
quartet of the church making responses,
and Rabbi Solomon Foster preached on
punishment. He said that disease of the
body was punished by death, and for dis
eases of the mind there were other forms of
punishment. He argued that what seems
to us punishment in this life often be-
comes a blessing.
God Furnishes the spiritual in us in order
ITO purify and strengthen souls, said
the rabbi. and nature Furnishes the
body, the material, with diseases
because of violations of her laws. The
persecution of the Israelites for ages
was intended by God to make them more
united, more kind to one another. more
charitable and more loyal to their reli-
gion. They repented of their sins during
the ten days of pennance and made up be-
fore Yom Kippur with those whom they
had auarreled with in the past twelve
months. Even death was a punishment
that was q blessing. for If it were not
for death we might not recognize our
duty to those we love and our dependence
upon God, our Father.
Services were also held in the temple at
O'Clock this morning. Rabbi roster
nreached at noon. The services Tor Yom
Kippur will close at 6 o'clock this evening.
The men at the temple do not wear tnelr
hats. as the orthodox Jews do in their
synagogues. for the members of the tenn
ple are of the reformed religion, ana they
ompris the leading merchants and manu-
facturers Of the race in Newark. A col
lection was taken up last night Tor the
aid of poor people and orphans, ana an
| other was taken at today's services.
The Oheb Sholom Synagogue, in Prince
| street. near Springfield venue where -the
form of services Is what Is called conserV-
alive, was crowded with people last night
All the men kept their hats on. Rabpl
! Charles 1. Hoffman, who has charge OF
| the congregation, wore a white cap ana
! robes. as did the cantor. Rabbi Helpers
who sans the Psalms from 8 nul II
o'clock. the choir singing the responses
- - ALa tyioa -nraGfdnnf IF thf
congregation, who wore black clothes, witt
tall silk hats. with prayer sashes ovel
their shoulder. were on each side OF tn
rahbjs. The services were resumed a
$40 o'clock this morning. Rabbi Hofma1
preached at II o'clock, and in the AFTER
noon. and Yom Klppur will end at
o'clock.
In West Kinney street. opposite Prince
street. IN the Anshe Russia synagogue
kwhere the Russian and Polish ana otncl
strictly orthodox Jews worship. there wa
a great crowd of men and women las
night. There were hundreds on the stree
who could not get into the synagogue
Only men we're in the pews in the body q
the building. All of them kept their nat
on and nearly all wore the prayer shaw
of white with narrow or broad stripes o
black cloth and n border. Some of Ill
Ishawls were trimmed with blue and oil
others were collars of gold or silver tinsei
''Some old men wear the shroud yet lin
der the prayer shawl" said a member o
the congregation, but that old custom i
passing AWAY. Most OF the men in our con
gregation of 2,000 persons wear only tn
shawl at the Day of Atonement service
Many will pray all OF tonight and unit
sunset tomorrow. or when three stars ap
pear in the sky. But after the sul
sets we and all others of our race in New
ark will stop the fast of twenty-four hour
and have feasting at our houses"
Both of the long galleries of the Ansh
Russia Synagogue were packed last nigh
Hyman Brodsky, the rabbi, and the cantor
Rabbi Garnatsky, wore white gowns an
cap and the fifteen boys and men of tn
choir wore black robes and caps. Rabl
Brodsky preached at II o'clock this morn
ing and in the afternoon, when prayer
were offered for the dead.
Jewish charitable and religious ~socletie
held services in a score of halls last nigh
and continued them today. The Frs
Oestreicher a. u. v, a charity society
held services on the second floor of CO
lumbia Hall, on the northwest corner c
Prince and Court streets, with Rabt
Berger, of New York, in charge. A col
lection was taken Up for poor and sic
! Jew people and orphans who are care
for by the society. A society Of your
men and women had services on the thir
: floor of the building. The Israel Sic
Benefit Society has many beneficiaries Q
: It's roll Across he street another benef