Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-11-25
Richmond Daily Register Richmond Madison County Yy Saturday November Is 9
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jerusalem, which is quite like OH
lemons but larger. This firm
called Esrog, Some persons i
authority. the Rabbi or Some on,
else goes into the homes and ha
every member of the family hol,
| the Lulay and the Esrog while Ii,
says prayer and charges TWEEN
ity-five cents for it. They believ,
| in doing this that their sins o
| the year viii be forgiven and tn,
| 'oad of poverty lightened. Speak
| ing, as they do, so reverently O
| the Feast of the Tabernacle. tlit
! Day of Atonement. and the Pas,
| Over, makes one feel that the
! Bible days are being lived over
again.
Next Saturday Will be called
Simhas Torah and it is to be a
lay Of Prayer and paying. debts
The Tabernacle will be open very
arly in the morning and remain
The Jews will pray there all GAY.
oven until late III the evenin.
The Jewish Sabbath begins ev
cry Friday at 8 o'clock and ends
Saturday at 6 o'clock Jews do
lot light their lights on Their
1abbatll-they call in a Protes
ant to do it. usually child WHOM
hey pay The child must light
MY three candles which burn il
memory of abraham. Isaac and
Jacob, If there is not a Protest
ant to light the candles they sit
in the dark-they consider it sin
for a Jew to light a light on Fri
lay night. the beginning Of their
Sabbath. They are so self-sacri
icing and earnest in their belief
they would die before they
would break their Sabbath.
On Friday night the beginning
IF Yom KippG, Tie Jews had no
lights in their homes Or on the
streets. This block was one Of
.otal darkness except for thc
light Which shone through the
windows Of this settlement.
One dav last week | saw Few
jsh funeral procession. The moan
ing and grooming was most pa
thetic. | heard it a block or two
up the street before it reached
here, and ! rushed from my desk
to look out the window. There
syere so or more men and women
by the hearse. having
thcir hands on it, Beating thei;
breasts, pulling their hair. and
pointing one hand upward to-
ward heaven.
When the Jews have a serious
illness in their family and the pa
ent gets well. or when they have
success in business they have 4
parade. led by four men. each |
man CARVING 2, candle on a pole. |
jeh four poles support canonv
and under the canopy a Rabbi
walks and carries scrowl on
which something from the Bible |
has been copied. They march |
their national anthem to
The Synagogue, where the scrOwl
IS placed as a promise to God for
.heir appreciation Of what Goo
has done for them.
The Jews marry very young
Tlev consider it a sin not TO mar
'-y, they have very large families
N the apartment house lust
across from this settlement there
ere 500 children.
On their wedding invitations
they have the names of both Pr
ants-the bride and the groom
for instance:
: Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Go1dstein-
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Micnstien
invite you to the
marriage ceremony of their
children
Olger Goldstein
to
Joseph Mienstien
on Sunday, September q. 1920
at II p. m.
at Montgomery Hall
$50 Monroe Street
New York
Brides residence
II Jefferson street.
These names and addresses are
imaginary, Of course. l AM only
,,e;,,o. than, +o cbo11r tho for-f1,