Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-10-06
Hebrews PREPARE
FOR Y0M k|PPUR
IN PINE BLUFF
Jewish Business Houses
Will Be Closed, and Ser
vices Held at Temple.

VAo0o 1Ac1u dC 1eI1lple.
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement
will be celebrated by the Jews OF Pine
Bluff in the usual impressive and sol
emn manner, starting at o'clock this
evening, and continuing for "a hours
All Jewish business houses Will bt
closed for the entire period, and Rabb
Raphael Goldenstein has announced
the following program of services and
special music at the Temple Anshe
Emeth:
Friday Evening.
Yom Kippur services will start at
7:45 sharp. Subject of sermon by
DR.. Goldenstein, Tsrael's Atonement
Offering"
Saturday Morning.
Services begin at 10 a. m. promptly
"The God of Israel" will be the theme
of Rabbi Goldenstein's discourse.
Memorial services will commence
at 200 p. m. with sermon by Rabbi
Raphael Goldenstein, on the "Immor-
taliy of the Soul"
Musical Program Friday.
Organ prelude, "Meditation," Cry
singer.
Violin solo, "Kol Nidrei," (Bruch)
Miss Leah Levine
Quartet before sermon, "Sovereign
Ruler" (Shelley).
Soprano solo after sermon, Save
Me, O Cod" (Wooler), Miss Broad
street.
At close, "Yigdal,' (Schleisinger).
Saturday MOrninp
Organ prelude. "Piere du Matin,
Qacy), Mrs. F. e. Renfrow.
Anthem. THE Lord of All Did Rule
Supreme
Duet, cts Chayim," (Schleisinger)
Misses Broadstreet and Sch1oss.
Tenor solo before sermon, God
Our Father, Heaven Our Prayer"
(Oehmler', Dot Kastor.
Contralto solo afer sermon, "Hear
Us, o Father" (Grenfeld), Miss
Ethel Schloss.
Saturday Afternoon.
Anthem, Redeem Israel, O God,'
'(Srhleisinger), choir.
Duet, "To Thee We Give Ourselves
Today" Misses Broadstreet and
Quartet, "There Is No Land Mine
Eye Hath Seem Misses Broadstreet
and Schloss, Messrs. Kastor and
Troupe.
Solo, "Adoneei Mo Odom," Miss
Ethel Schloss.
Benediction. "The Lord Will Give
His Angels Charge
Is Important Festival.
Following closely upon the Jewish
New Years festival comes the fast
Of Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atone
nent, which begins tomorrow evening
md continues until the next evening.
This is celebrated on the tenth day
If the month Tishri of the Hebrew
calendar The days intervening be-
tween the New Years day and Yom
kippur are known as Asseras Yemi
Tshuvoh, the ten penitential days,
which are devoted to repentance and
prayers.
Yom Kippur is considered the most
event in the religious life
If the Jewish people and is more
trictlv and generally observed than
my of the other fast days in the He
,rew calendar. The celebration is
by total abstention
rom all manner of labor or business
or the twenty-four hours during
which it extends, only the most abb
dilute works of necessity or charity
eing permitted. For the same per-
cd the observant Jew does not par
AXE of food or drink of any kind, the !
trictest manner of fasting being en-
,ined upon him. None of the ortho-
OK section of the Jewish people con-
ider themselves exempt from this
act. except the ill, nursing mothers,
hildren and the very aged, and there
re not many of the latter who avail
of this exemption. The Il
lsting hegins at sunset this tomOr
NV evening. and the fast is not brok-
A unit latter the close of the SER
ces in the synagogues at sunset the
ext evening.
The services in the orthodox syna-
,gue are practically continuous DIV
& the twenty-four hours. After the
'escribed services for Yom Kippur
e, which is known az the kol Nidre
I'd is peculiarly solemn and i'm ;
essive, many of the congregants re-
ain after the rest of the congrega-
IN has departed and spend the hours
pious meditation and reading and
pounding the law The services for ;
om kippur are divided into fou' :,
ctions, known as the Shacheras, 6
ussaf. Mincha. and N'hila. but there !.
no intermission between the differ -.
t sections, and the services cob.
Tue until sunset, when the Shofar is y
unded once only as an indication ',
at the fast is ended.
At many of the temples collections y
e 10 be taken up for the benefit of $
ffering Jewish people in Russia, |.