Evening journal., 1922-09-19
THE DAY OF AroNEMENr

TIVE Day of Atonement Yom Kippur It
Il named IN Hebrew, falls due this year Monday, 90
tober 2. observed by the Jewish people in al
parts of the world with unvaryng solemnity from
Sunday evening. October l. Shutdown of octo
ber 2. In place will observance devou
than here in Wilmington.
No holiday of the synagogue is invested with
such Importance is attached this day OF soul
searching and perhaps the most dis
tinctly Jewish holiday of the synagogue, that IS
most pervasive and states in fullest the ulti-
mate goal purpose of Israels striving. The Mes
sianic funllment we'll humanitys des-
tiny is forevisoned in the liturgy of this service.
The ceremonial observance of the Day Atonement
requires the worshpper to withdraw all worldly
cares and forgetful the workday affairs which have
occupied him during the year. himself unto God in
thoughts of prayer repentance The devout tarry
In the synagogue morning till evening, abstain
ing from food and drink, that by affecting their
they the better themselves OF sim I'm
the discipline of this ntrospecton and fast
Ing the worshipper larger degree OF self
control in his relations with humanity thus be-
comes reconciled TO man and God.
Set high great throbbing star. the ideals for
which the have lived and died the Day Of
Aonement again proclaimed In the poetic ritual of
the service some passages of which acknowledged
to be of unparalleled submity this confidence is vouch
safed that all and women we'll as the children
of the house are processes in the
hands OF Universe who fashions the
careers OF men and women according to divine plan
whose ultimate goal the establishment OF Of
peace and good will among To impress upon
each individual worshpper the responsibility Of his life
and action and make him duly conscious OF his i'm
poranoe in furthering the purposes of God
earth among the many lofty conceptions unfolded
in the liturgy OF the Day OF Atonement.
Yom Kippur has a long ancestry and like many OF
the holidays and oeremonials the synagogue has
dergone during the centuries Of unbrokenhs-
torcai existence in which the Jews have sojourned
among In the Mosaic Code, for example, on this
day the high priest the temple performed the Inn
portant function OF expaton for the sanctuary the
priesthood and the people.
TO this priesty monopoly OF service with
OF expation the rabbs of the syna
gogue clothed this holiday with the mantle fallen from
the shoulders OF the prophets and invested It
with doctrines OF Gods and paternal love- 1t
due to the teachers the Day of
Atonement was divested OF It's sacrlcal features as
those detailed in Levtcus 1s:2-s4 Ezekiel 451ssO
According to their preachment the conception
ment was altered to enforce on the worshipper the
truer verdict that repentance be effected in
the heart and of the sinner the individual wor-
shippe only through his efforts could genuine
with God and man be obtained.
one phase of the ritual in the modern synagogue is
remembrance OF dear called TO their
sternal The memorial services usually held in
he afternoon OF the Day OF Atonement solemn and
impressive and intended to remember not only
hose members OF the Jewish community who have
passed away but to commemorate all good and noble
nen and women who the cause of humanity
md increased peace in the world.