Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-09-30
SOLEMN DAY IN
JE HCALENDAR
BEING OBSERVED
Day Of Atonement Finds He
brewS Everywhere Fasting
and Business Houses Closed;
Services at Temple,

Nom kippur, the Day of Atoncment.
the most solemn day In an the Jew
ish calendar. began, and today Jews
everywhere are observing the day in
fasting and in prayer All business
among Jews was suspended at begin
ming of the holiday and will not be
resumed until 6 o'clock this after.
noon. at which time Yom kippur
ends
At Temple Albert last night inn
picsslve services we're held in honor
of the occasion, and a sermon of I'M
usual depth and fervor was preached
by Rabbi Bergman. The temple was
crowded. and close attention was paid
TO DIR. Bcrgmann's remarks.
Rabbi Bergmann's Sermon.
A synopsis OF Rabbi Bergmann's
sermon is as follows:
Ii has often struck me very forcibly
that the world has suffered regret
table loss by israel's innate abhor-
renee Of images, The genius Of the
Jewish race, susceptible as II has
proved itself to be TO the whole gamut
Of artistic impulses. could not have
failed to have developed excellence
in the art of sculpture and painting
had not the scriptural prohibition
proclaimed. Thou shalt make no
craven images nor the likeness of
anything that is in the heavens above
the earth beneath, or the waters UNI
der the earth.
The loss today seems to me even
more regrettable, for the Day of
Atonement offers subject which
should prove most suggestive to the
true artist. A masterpiece Of art is
the concrete expression of an idea. A
figure on canvas or pedestal must be
correct in every detail of color,
drawing and proportion. and yet must
be suggestive OF an embracing idea.
then. would be the work
of chisel or brush which would ex-
press the ideals Of this day--cxpress
them accurately in three simple atti-
tudcs. No master is at hand for the
task, and the world must live on per-
haps unconscious of its loss. Yet 1t
can but be edifylng and uplifting for
us to contemplate with our minds
eye, If not the figures themselves. at
least the ideas suggestive of them
Keystone OF Religious Life.
The Day Of Atonement has become
for Judaism the keystone Of religious
life. When seer put into pithy ex-
preston the suggestions of this day
he struck at the same time the Key
note of Judaism. Repentance, prayer
and charity avert the sevil decree
Here is the suggestion for the master
artist Repentance--looking within
ones self. Prayer--looking Heaven
ward. Charity--looking about towards
our fellow men. Three ideal attitudes.
Let us contemplate, one by one, these
ideas. Perhaps the attention we put
upon them may bring us nearer their
realization. A fund of moral strength
may be gained by merely striving
after the ideal.
The idea of repentance is bound up
with the conception of sin. TO the
Jewish mind, the one is as unique as
the other. II there is one idea pre-
dominant in the solemn service 81
Atonement, 1t is that sin is inevitable.
Judaism faces this truth, and the ac-
helps to raise and not
to lessen the dignity of our lives.
The Heather Ideal.
Among heather religions, good and
evil were acts of men which brought
llpon their heads the wrath OF the
gods or showered blessings upon
them. The ire of the gods burned
against the evil doer and not nntii
The divine avengers We're stated with
HE suffering of the sinner did the
soul of the evil doer attain TO rest
For a single crime, a whole land was
mt under the curse. For single vie
tim. generations We're sacrificed inc
heather stood towards his God as
slave TO his master, fettered to the
divine will by the cramplng passion
of fear.
Other religions proclaim that man
is sinful by nature. He cannot heip
SHINING. Judaism speaks differently
Judaism proclaims mans free VIII.
The paths OF good and evil lie before
rs. If we choose the path OF sooa'
our lives will be blessing. II We
choose the path OF evil, we wiii De
No divine wrath puf-
sios us We have made the iaise
,ten. we must retract IT. II would not
honefit our sin-laden life were God
70 place suffering across our pain.
WE would not be further from SIN
IL some one better than we suffers
or dies for us. We ourselves are re-
sponsible for the poison which mas
entered our souls. We must force y
out
II is the doctrine of sin and PARDON
nacnliar 10 Judaism. which gives
character to the Day OF Atonemeht'
During the year, we are pusier WIN
our daily tasks, Surrounded by inc
worldly turmoil, we cannot near the
t,.r voice Of conscience. We are not
temnerate enough to examine our
seIves. one day in the year Judaism
has set aside. and on y we isoia'e
ourselves from the busy world '''
that dav. we enter the sanctuary VI
our souls We recognize our errors
and confess our faiIings. The unhoh-
,ess of our lives is revealed to u.s.
snd this revelation serves as an m
rentiye to nobler living.
Day MAY BE Misused'
But even this holy day may pc nus mus,
nsed There are those who WON"
make the Day of Atonement eohaohe
a year of unworthiness. Theirs u :,
nerverted notion Of life. The Day o.
.,onement is not the scapegoat OF
the year. The yom Kippuf mas aohe
much If II has pointed out TO US 'hs :.
we are responsible for our errors :