Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-08-12


City and~over the temple a year later
in order to turn the place into a
Roman colony The ninth day of An
has since been like the day of Atone
ment.
This day is observed scrupulously
from sunset oil the eighth day until
nghtfall of the ninth. The syna-
.gogues are darkened SO that the light
Cf the sun cannot penetrate within
only a few dim candles are lighted,
the ornaments are all removed ana
the ark is stripped of its curtains.
The sermon consists of readings from
the book of Lamentations and dirges
describing the fail of Jerusalem and
the scattering of its people. These
ale conducted in a low mournful tone
by the cantor. Instead of in their al
lotted places, the custom in the old
days was fer the Worshippers to be
seated on the ground. The more de-
vout put ashes ON their heads, pulled
off their shoes ana Wept ana sobbed
as the story Of the destruction OF
Jerusalem was told and retold. To
them the catastrophies were the cat
astr0phies Ct yesterday, "a present
pain. and this sense OF personal be-
reavement was one Of the most strik-
ing phases of the whole day.
In some Of the churches where a
number of the older Jews of the or
thodoX religion adhere closely to
these old customs this ceremony is
carried out. There viii be simple
ceremony in the orthodox church and
It will not go to n extremes, The
ceremony will begin the evening be-
fore and the day Of the Black Fast
viii mean q partial abstinence ol
food. The ceremony which includes
"a Lau.AsAAr hAHLfn
win not take place This year, since
the day preceding is the Jewish sab
bath which cannot be a day of
ing. Ordinarily the last meal before
the holiday consists Of n course, al
ter which an egg dipped in asnes Is
eaten and with the setting OF the sun
begins the twenty-four hours OF last
But for three weeks previous the APP
proach of the day of mourning has
been observed in the ghettos OF the
world. on the seventeenth day OF
the Jewish month of Tammuz, which
fell on july II this year, there Is q
fast day and the three weeks that
follow give name to the whole period,
since the period IS known as The
FThree Weeks This marks the date
when the hordes Of Nebuchadnezzar
invested Jerusalem and began the
siege which is recorded in the book OF
Kings.
AS the three weeks advance, the
lines tighten. Meat is forbidden after
the first day of the Jewish month OF
Alb. that is, eight days before the
final holiday. Wine may not he
taken 1T all. These rules do not hold
good on sundays, however. Flhaliy,
when the great day comes, there Is
absolute fast ana not even the books
If the law may be read, since lhese
hooks give pleasure to the reader
The book Of Lamentations is read
morning and evening In the syna-
gogne on his day. the people chant,
ing after their cantor the monrnlui
tale Of o scattered people. Besides
| the book Of Lamentations, there IS
another book, the book or klhoth'
The reading Of this book has a pow
erfnt effect. 1t reviews the ancient
fire Of the Hebrew race. Its story Is
hat old persecution, the wrongs SUI
fered at the hands of the itolnail
DICTIONARIES which began the endless
chain of Jewish persecution Whlcli
paused so recently at Kischieneli ana
may begin again in any Russian city
tomcrrow. small wonder is 1t Il q
the recitation Of such fearful wrongs
has been the lot Of the Jewish people
+ ana arouses within them q latent
GRIEF. tyiaoth
! harks The present ~pOignancy oil THESE
! legends of centuries ago. II ~
known all over the world by every
orthodox Jew and will be rehearsed
| again on sunday for those VINO 90
| not already know. This story tells Ga
one of the Roman tyrants VINO sum
moned before him ten learned lie
lift. ,,,1 .Gaf,a m nnpH them 10