El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-22
Mt. SINAI To
CONFIRM EIGHT
Glass To Be Taken in On
Day of Celebration OF
Feast of Weeks.


Next Sunday. the Jewish Feast OF
s-Shabuoth-wiIl mark the con-
firmation OF the first class in the new
temple OF Mt. Sinai The class num-
hers eight boys and girls and the con-
firmation services will take place at
$3.50 a m
Those in the class are Joseph Am
slater. David Bromberg, Lena Gins
berg. Herbert Herslkowitz, F'rieda ia
cobs, Miriam Kotosky. Alfred LoWen-
berg and Marcus Simon
After the confirmation exercises In
the morning. the class VIII be hosts
at a reception in the afternoon In
Community hall, to all members OF the
IT The 4 program for the confirmation
follows:
-. Temple choir
service-Prayer Book. DIP. 1ss-i1s
sonE-''Blessed Be Ys That Come
(Gounod) Temple Choir
March IN B fiat (sidus) ..-.---:....
.....-.-.-.E- c Kntckmeyer
Confirmants Enter
Antheu-sFather, See Thy eup-
plant Children" CHunn) $500.
Confirmation Claz
| Ooenfng prayer..--- Joseph Amstatter
Anthern-''From Heavens Height
Isaao N wise) Temple Choir
The Message OF the Flowers.
......-.-.--.-AI Alfred Lowenberg
Service-Przyer Book. 1S5-1SS
The Mission OF Israel" ---....----.
Herbert Herskovtt1
Our CONGREGATION" Miriam Kotosly
! s-rvice-Prayer Book 1s5-zo1
| women in Israel Lena Ginsburg
Ausheben-Prayer Book PIP. 2o7-sot
Reading the Torah---- ...-::..-...-
Marcus Simon. David Bron-
] berg, Joseph Amstatter-
'-T.hs Ten Words Confirmation Class
''The Haftarah''-Prayer Book. P
2IS .....---.-.--D David Bromoerg
''Einheben,,-Prayer BOok; pP. 2zl-2sS
! Anthen-'eNew Blessings'' on J.
Savags) Temple Choir
Our Parents" .....---- Marcus simon
Cherish" (Spohr) -..-.--..-..'
Ms. A O. Graham. Hr. Andrews
Declaration OF Faith"
Closing prayer. David Bronberg
Anthen-'Le. There Be Light
! Isaao NJ Wise) Temple Choir
Presenting confirmation certificates
"A A. Kline president Temple
! Mt Sinai.
Rabbi Martin ZisionkI
sonE-"coms Ye Children" (Rogers)
ss-non.;-The New vision" ........
Rabbi Martin zislonkA
song-'The Lord Is Ny Light
SsPaIks9 :,.; ,,,:3:- Jsoo, r ones.
i Benedietioa.
shnbuofh-Feast OF Weeks.
The Jewish Feast OF Weeks VII
commence at shutdown Saturday eve
ming. The date of the feast is reck-
oned from the feast of Passover. Or
and after the second day OF Passover
which was on Sunday, April s. this
year. q special benediction and vary
ing formula were inserted into each
evening prayer. so as to count the
passing DAYS. This ceremony is called
the Counting Of the Omer. because
during the existence OF the temple al
4 Jerusalem the counting Of these days
began with the bringing OF the first
sheaf Gin Hebrew 'OmerD Of the bar
ley harvest. 10 the temple, as a wave
Offering When the count reaches 4!
days + e. a week Of weeks. the Feast
lof Shabuoth (weeks) or Pentecost (tht
Greek for fiftieth day') is celebrated
The feast of weeks Is one Of tbs
three pilgrimage festivals. In ancient
times, men would come from all ovel
the land Of Canaan on pilgrimage u
the temple at Jerusalem Since this
feast marked the end of the grain har.
vests. and the beginning OF the frui
harvest, the pilgrims began to bring
the first ripe fruits Of their fields a.
a gift 20 the priests at the temple.
Agricultural "Reminiscences
I IN MODERN times Lnere are SpeCld
holiday services; the synagogs ar
usually decorated with plants ant
, flowers as Renaissance Of the an
cient agricultural nature of the feast
In the morning service the Book o
Ruth is read 10 the congregation Thi
book is particularly we'll chosen 70
, this occasion because of its harves
[ scenes. and perhaps also because Rutl
: was a convert TO Judaism rejecting
, her MOabite gods and accepting tn
worship OF the God OF Israel; and thi
: day is considered TO be the ami
versary OF the day when the law wa
/ given on Mt. Sinai and Israel accepted
God and his law. "ShabuOth" there
, fore besides being the feast OF harves
, weeks is also designated as the TIM
Of the Giving of our Law,
Since this feast is the anniversary o
the giving OF the law on Mt. Sinai. Re
form congregations in America have
appropriately chosen il as the day TO
confirmation on the anniversary o
the day on which Israel accepted tn
+ law of God. the young men and won
en- of Israel accept the faith and af
p firm their loyalty to the religion o
their fathers.