The Denver Jewish news., 1924-09-25

the feass and fasts of the Jewish just with
the various movable feasts of the Christian church For all
dnary purposes the civil calendar by Jews as well
Christians.
The festival of the New Year the the month of
s which the seventh month of the year. the Sab
bath the holy day the seventh day of the week. seventh
month is holy 1t includes the New Year Day
Atonementthe solemn fast of the tenth the monand the
harvest festival the Feast of Tabernaces The New Year
kept originally for single day. but when the Jewish people
exd from Palestine and could longer make their observation
Of the from the height of Zon day added
in order that they might be certain of keeping the time of
the Palestine Liberal Jewish congregations have
turned to the early custom of single day
The Jewish Near Year differs from the civil New Year in
being purely religious festival is not the time for dating
documents neither is time for extravagant gaey is day
OF solemn prayer well day of happiness and feasng Re
gous services will be held Sunday night and Monday morning
all the world while the will
hold them on Monday night and Tuesday WE'LL
The Biblical basis of the New Year festival is found the
chapter of Levicus and the twenynh chapter of
Numbers Here referred to he Day of the Blowing of
Tmpets custom which is continued to the present time 1t
day of solemn assembly, day which special sacrifices
were brought to the sanctuary.
In the modern synagog the day observed by special
including very beautiful poetic compositions and
usually elaborate musical settings by the reading of special
tons from the Bbe and by the blowing of the rams horn
Shor The Biblical readings from the life of Abraham
cy the story his sacrifice of Isaac with touching
supreme faith.
The trumpet blown only this festival made rams
horn and has mohpece being of the ancient and
most primitive musical Instruments existence 1t the kind
of horn used buge the early days of the Jewish
the wilderness the has through all the
centuries memorial Gods for His righteous The
first rams horn said by tradition to have been made of the horn
the which Abraham sacrificed in place his Isaac
The New Year festival has profound religious meaning,
bound up is with such wealth of historic associations
known the Day of Memorial day of memory and search
the heart The Jew in his house of worship confesse
before God his sins of the past and turns leaf
for the 1t is also known the Day of Judgment
for this confession brings forgiveness the Day of Aonement
ten days after while the absence of true repentance brings punish
directly the head of the sinner These two aspects of
gous thought Joined all the of the and their
meaning impressed still deeply the congregation by the
notes of the Shoar with their of solemn reminder
of the past and warning for the future.
The New Year and Atonemen season is in revival
the Jews is the time when all Jews orthodox
and liberal alike attend the whatever be their a
tude through the At this time house of worship
crowded with worshppers In addition large jew
community temporary hoyday services organized
commodae nonmembers and the leading congregations
where provide overflow services if needed
and universal celebration of this solemn day
the religious of the Jewish calendar and i'm
every worshpper the eternal lessons of faith and
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