New Britain herald., 1929-10-03
PLAN CELEBRATION /. OF ROSH HASHANAH
Local Jews Begin Observance Of
 Holidays Tomorrow

l OIlOIIOW at sunset the JeWlSn race throughout the United States of American and Europe will con- mencc the celebration of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and they will continue celebrating on Sunday and Monday until sunset
 The two days of Rosh Hashanah, and the day of Tom kipur which will be celebrated 10 days hence, are the most momentous days from the religious standpoint in the Jew ish calendar.
 The program Of services at the Congregation Tephereth Israel for these two days are as follows: Evening services on Friday will begin at G;30 o'clock.
 Saturday and Sunday morning services will begin at o'clock. Sacharith will be sung by Sam uel Rogin and Musof will be sung by Rev. Samuel Cantor,
 Tkias Shofor on Sunday at 1O;3C o'clock in the morning.
 On Saturday and Sunday morn ings at 10 o'clock Rabbi J. H. Aron. son, leader of the Congregation Tephereth Israel. will address tho Worshippers on the subjects "Tht Significance of the Prayer on Saturday and on Sunday "The Call of the Shofor."
 On Saturday at 4:30 p. m. Rabb ]. H. Aronson will speak on the Life Worth Living"
 Children's services will be held in the vestry room of the synagogue NJ. Hartman, principal of the New Britain Hebrew school, with the assistance of Louis Bell, a Hebrew teacher and scholar, will conduct the services.
 Rabbi Jesse Schwartz, the new spiritual leader of the Congregation Sons of Israel, will deliver his first sermon here Saturday and Sunday al the synagogue at Elm and Chest nut streets
 The Jewish New Year services will be held tomorrow evening at V tioth anu toSiI bCty tIIu toulIutl mornings at ' o'clock. The sermons will be preached at 10 a. m. Tho subjects are: Saturday, The Re newal of Life" and Sunday, Chang ing Ourselves"
 Cantor Solomon Marvit will chant the traditional services.
 There will be a special service for young people in the ycstry rooms a, 10 a. m. Saturday and Sunday Rabbi Schwartz will speak at these services.
 A junior service for children will be held at 10:30 a. m. on both days of the New Year holiday.
 Significance of Holiday
 The festival of New Year, is known in Hebrew as "Rosh Hash anah." Reform Judaism observes this holy day, as specified in the Bible, for one day; while Orthodoxy observes two days. With the celebra- ton of the New Year on October g. the Jewish people will open the year 5690 of the Hebrew calendar. In like the New Years day of January l, the Jewish New Years day is a religious occasion of great Solemnlty
 In ancient days when the Jewish people lived in Palestine and agri- culture was it's chief occupation, the Hebrew New Years day marked the opening of the economic year. It oc- cured in the beginning of autumn because the season of the sowing of seeds began with the fall. This sys- tenn of the agricultural cycle of the year was used by all Semitic peoples The Bible. however, does not refer 10 this festival as the New Years day, but the Jewish people consld- cred 1t as such at very early date In the days of the Temple, they ob- served this day by abstaining from all labor, by bringing special offer ings to the Temple of Jerusalem and by blowing the Shofar-the rams horn.
 With the exile of the Jewish people from Palestine the agricul- tural and economic background dis appeared. The Jews. however, con- tilued to observe the New Years day by attaching to it a purely re- | ligious significance and endowing N with a most significant spiritual val ue. New Years day came to be the day upon which God had created the world. The Rabbis, therefore Gel it aside as the day upon which every human being and every living crea- ture pass before Gods judgment seat. For this reason. the Jewish New Years day has been called the Day of Judgment. This idea gave rise to an elaborate liturgy and ritual which were to awaken man tc the message of the day and bring him to the, state of repentance. With the coming of the modern