The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-09-18
o s ASHoN
JEWISH NEW YEAR
All Business Houses of Jew.
ish Brothers Are
Closed.
T K r H s

The ftrt jewish service held In our
city was on Thursday last when Rabbi
Hanau conducted nj the residence Of
NJ. r. Goldenberg, appropriate service
concentrating "Rosh-lInshonoh' or
the Jewish Now Yenr. Al " the bust
ness houses " our jewish brethren were
closed. The ebay" began on Wednc,
day n, shutdown and closed at SHUTDOWN
Thursday. The year In the Jewish cal
cndnr IL 1870 and has been c~ommcmornt
ed hv all orthodox Jews, since II was In
s,itutcd during their march through
the wilderness after their exodus from
the land ~ the Pharoah-. II was ccle
hrnicd under the Mosaic Economy NJ
the Feast ~ Trumrets' and fell up
on the new moon 0f the month II Tisri,
which this year was In our calendar
is the 10th Of September.
There are several Feasts that are
celebrated by the Jews every year, The
uPurim a" or ''lots.' which was %institut
cd in the commemoration of the won
dcrful dcliverance ~ the Hebrews from
the decree ~ Ahasucfus, which called
for the slaughter Of oil the Jews IN
tho Kingdom. The Queen being u lcwc--
called upon the people 20 observe a
solemn fast, and she went before the
king aud acquainted him with llanman :
wicked scheme, found favor in his
sight, -nvcd her people and saw Haa
nan hanged IN the eallow~ he had pre-
pared for Nofdcrai. her uncle.
The feast Of the PASSOVER" Is Oh
served ~ comucrnorntion of tlrit deli,
crancc from the bondage ~ Egypt.
This feast reminds them Of the solemn
night when the death angel passed
through the land of RamHsucs and in
every home the first born was found
dead, except the homes 81 The Israel
ties where the blood had been placed
upon the lintels ana door posts In the
Inauguration Of the passover, Moses said
~ the people, "And thus shall We eat
IL, with your loinS girdod, your shoes
on your feet. and YOUR stan In vour
hand, and We shall eat IT In haste; u l.
the Lord = passover. For ! will pass
through the land Of Egyp' this night
and will smite all Of the first horn in
the land, and against the Gods of Egypt
will | execute your judgement. aud this
shall he unto YOU "a memorial. aud We
shall keep IL, n feast unto tn" Lord
throughout your generations, We shall
keep II n feast by an o%rdlnaur" Tor
ever. and when your children shall say
unto YOU. wha, mean We by this service,
We shall say, IL IN n sacrifice 10 the
Lord passover, who passed over the
house Of the children of Israel when he
smote the Egyptians aud he delivered
our house. And the people bowed their
heads and worshiped. And Moses said
unto the children ~ Israel, this il the
ordinance of the passover, No stranger
shall eat thereof; but all the eongrega.
ton Of Israel shall keep il.
Another feast which will he observed
on September 25th is known as Yom
Kipur or the "day of atonement."
We read from Leviticus % chapter,
20 to 32 verses conclusivcly-"And the
Lord spoke unto Moses saying, 'On the
tenth day Of this seventh month, there
shall he n day Of atonement, It shall
he an holy convocation unto you, and
We shall conflict your souls, and offer
an Offering made by fire unto the Lord.
Aud we shall do no work in that same
day, for il il a day of atonemeut 70
make an atonemcnt for you before the
Lord you God, for whatsoever soul II
he that shall not be afflicted In that
same day, he shall be cut of from
among his people, and whatsoever soul
II be that doeth any work in that same
day, the same soul will I destroy from
among his people, We shall do no man
ner of work: il shall he n statue for.
ever throughout your generations in
all your dwellings. II shall be unto
YOU IA Sabbath of rest, and We shall at
fict your souls, IN the ninth day Of the
month at even from cve unto even,
shall We celebrate your sabbath. And
this shall be a statue forever unto YOU,
that IN the seventh month on the 9TH
day Of the month, We shall nhlict your
souls, aud do no work at all whether 1t
he one OF your own country, or a strang
81 that sojourneith among you, for on
that day shall the priest make an atone
ment for YOU 10 cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins before the
Lord II shall bc q sabbath Of res, unto
you and ye shall aillici your sous by II
statute forever, and this shall he an ever.
lasting statute unto you, Ia make an
atonement for the PEOPLE Of Israel 70:
all their sins once a year, and he did
as the Lord commanded Moses.