The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-28
WILL CELEBRATE
ATONEMENT DAY
JEWISH SERVICES SUITABLE TO oC-
CAsIoN TO BE HELD AT
BETH AuABAH.
DIR. CALISCH TO PREACH
pENITENTiAI PERIOD OF TEN DAYS
BEGINNING WITH NEW YEAR
Is NEAR
END.

AT Beth Ahabah Synagogue services
Will begin on sunday evening, Octo-
Der /, at STA O'Clock, and on Monday
morning at 80 O'Clock, continuing
without interruption all the day untIl
SIX In the evening
The services Will he in celebration of
the bay OF Atonemeut.
DE. +. n. Caiisch viii conduct the
services, assisted during the day by
MIR. Charles Hutzler He Will preach
in the evening and twice during the
day. His subject for the evening ser
Vice will be "Frophylactic Morality"
for the day, during the morning ser
Vice, THE SCapegoat,' for the after
noon service, our Homes, Are They
the Cradle. or the Grave of our Re-
ligion9"
Regular Sabbath services will be
held Friday evening at S:l5 and Sat
urday morning at 10 O'Clock. This
Sabbath Is known as The Sabbath of
Penitence." because 1t occurs during
the ten days OF penitence between the
New Year and Atonement Day, Or.
Calisch viii speak on Friday evening
on the topic, The AristOph3nes OF
Heaven ON Saturday morning on
the topic, The Return"
When the first stars appear in the
heavens Sunday evening. October /.
they will usher In the day hottest to
the jew In his entire religious calen-
dar. From that hour until the even
ing of the following day October >,
the devout Israelite will give himself
entirely to God. and to the purifying
Of his soul by repentance II will be
day spent by him in meditation and
prayer. with no thought of the world.
Its profits or pleasures. IL Is the
great White Fast. when abstaining
from all food, from shutdown To sun
down, the people Of Israel 'afiiict
their souls fer the sins of the past
year.
Describes Ceremonial.
The holy day is mentioned in the
Bible ia a number oil places. Leviticus
IA i. describes tHe elaborate priestl3
ceremonial o. atonemeat; lbid MIL.
-6-32. ii appears Ia the list OF festivals
where the ataiction of the souI
fasting - ordained. Ibid NV, 3. au-
noances that On the Day OF Atone
fnent each fiftleth year. the trumpet
sound shall usher In the jubilee year.
Numbers MIN. al. describes the
sacrifices ot this sacred day. From
these references and later accounts III
ths Taimud we can got picture OF
this Day OF Awe as IL was celebrated
ia Biblical times. The holy day On
the tenth day Of Ttshri was obserr ed
by atstention from food and drink
and by an elaborate ceremonial in
which the high priest Vas the central
figure.
From this Biblical ceremonial which
throughout seeks fer forgiveness Of
the community a whole the Day
Of Atonement has been somewhat
changed in kabbinic Judaism and in
the modern service and emphasizes
T a vtas "a 4
for the forgiveness Of each individual
SHINING soul. IL completes the peni-
tential period of ten days that had
begun with the New Works. Day.
Called kol Nidre.
tn celebration Of the Day OF
Atonement begins in the synagogue
with the evening service called kol
Nidre from its opening formula. which
refers to VOWS concerning the in
dividual and his conscience. With it's
strongly EIssrked melodies and songs,
this service assumed In the course OF
time a very impressive character.
+ Throughout the following day con-
t!auous series Of services is held.
which toward the middle of the af-
ternoon Is heightened in impressive
ness 10y q most solemn comm eInora-
! tive service for the dead, This Is
followed by the Neilah or closing ser
vice IN W4lich the main IDEAS OK the
day are especially emphasized, re-
pentauce conditioning forgiveness and
God sealing the decree of man for
/ the ensuing year. The service ends
with Il solemn invocation OF GOO :
name. the Shema and the seven-fold
/ exclama ton. The Lord, He is God .
As q signal OF the close of the sacred
day. the trumpe, >hofarl is blow.
I once, and the deVout worshipper turns
| homeward from Gods house with the
assurance that In reward for his true
7 and sincere repentance the sins OF
the past have been forgiven.