The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-09-18
JEWISH HOLIDAYS.
Many Days Of Festivities are Sched-
uled for the Next Few Months.


According 10 the Jewish ritual, the
year which began on September i2 is
the 5,673d since the creation of the
world. Rosh Hashonah, the first day of
the new year, marks the beginning of
the long list of Jewish fast and feast
days and calendars have already been
prepared and circulated among the
Jewish people to how on which of the
English dates the principal religious
holidays will fall during the year 5,673,
Leap Year.
The principal fact about the year
5,673 is that 1t is Leap Year, of
thirteen months, 3S4 days, 55 Sabbaths
In this year there Is an extra month.
that OF I'd Adar, month OF twenty
eight days. According to the Jewish
ritual, it is the eleventh year of the
299th lunar cycle of 10 years, and the
ninteenth year OF he 2O3d solar cycle
of % years since he creation. The
month of I'd Adar is interspersed pe-
riodically in the year to maintain the
relation of the Jewish months, which
are strictly lunar, to the solar year.
Names of Jewish Months.
The names Of the Jewish months are
naturally in Hebrew and most of them
may be found in the Bible. They be-
gin with Tishri, which covers the sec
ond half of September and the first
half of October, and run as follows:
Tishri, September-Oc October; Heshvan.
or Marchesvan, October November;
Nislev, or Chislev, observation-disclosures
ber; Tebeth, December-January She
bat, January-February; 1st Adar, Feb
ruary-March; 2nd Adar, March April:
Nissan, April-May; Iyar, May-June;
Swan, June-July! Tamuz, July-August,
Alb, August Zone day in September this
year;) Ellul, September one day in
October this year, This is the com
parison for the present year, but as
it is Leap Year, with an extra month,
the calculations would be somewhat
different for an ordinary year
fom Kippur.
The principal holidays of the wear
began with Rosh Hashonah, New
Years Day, on September ~. Yester
day was minor fast, the Fast of Ge-
dalia, for the assassination of the
leader of that name. The holiest day
of the Jewish year will come next Sat
urday, September 2l, which is Yom
kippur. the Holy Day, the Day of
Atonement, when all Jews are com
manded to fast the entire day and to
devote the day to prayer and devotion.
1T Is the day on which the Jew at
tempts Precipitation and atonement for
the sins OF the past year and tries to
cleanse his heart by religious devotion
The fast is of great antiquity and is
given much space in Leviticus 16, ] to
"a; %, 26-32; and Numbers, 81. I'll.
1t is considered the elimination of the
Jewish eXpliatory ceremonial, and the
ideal expression of Israel's religion.
Feast OF Tabernacles.
The Feast of Tabernacles, which oc-
ours this year on September 26 Is
prescribed in many places in the BIZ
Die, notably in Exodus. Deuteronomy
EXegiel, Leviticus and Numbers. 1t is
harvest feast and is said to have
been the greatest Of the Hebrews
feasts in Biblical times. 1t is termed
the Feast of lngath ring, and the
Feast of Booths and lasts eight days,
the eigth day having a ritual of its
own with the name Shmini Axereth.
The day is to celebrate the gathering
Of the harvest and was originally OF
a Dacchanalian character 1t has new
er entirely lost its joyful character,
even though few of the ceremonies
practiced in prophetic days are now
observed