The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-27
JEWISH SERIES
OF SERVICES TO
START TONIGHT
RoSh HaShanah Observance
Is First Among Sacred
Holidays.

True to the faith Of their fathers
10000 Indianapolis Jews tonight will
begin celebration of a series of an
nual holidays which symbolic their
religion. Services will be held in
orthodox conservative and reform
congregations tonight and tomorrow
marking Rosh Hashanah, the He
brew New Year.
These holidays, controlled by the
lunar calendar, which was the only
method Of computing time in ancient
days, vary as to exact date, but al
ways are celebrated in the fall.
Rosh Rashanah falls on the new
moon of the seventh month Of the
Jewish calendar. It does not COM
memorate any historical event, but
is a day given over to introspection
and penitence.
Although a solemn holiday, 1t is
not a day Of mourning. The feel
ing is that the new year presages
new life, and is imbued with a spirit
of hope that coming months will be
without troubles.
Reminder of Ethical Duties
ROsh Hashanah sometimes is
known as the Day of the Blowing
of the Trumpet. The blowing Of the
rams horn, one of the rituals OBJ
served in the celebration, is to re-
mind men of their ethical respon-
sibilities.
In Indianapolis, the day will be
celebrated in all Jewish temples
Probably the largest congregation
will be that of the temple at Della
ware and 10th-sts, where Rabbi
Morris M. Feuerlicht will speak at
1880 tonight on Some Ironies of
Jewish History" and at $50 tomor-
row morning on Long and Short
Views of Life"
The Rev. Jacob L. Gordon. Indi-
annapolis, will have charge of cele-
bration of the day at the Agudath
Achim Congregation. Anderson, for
the sixth consecutive time.
Other Services Arranged
Other indianapolis congregations
observing the holiday include
Sharah Teflla Congregation. Meri-
dian and Merrill-sts, oldest Indian
apolis synagog. Services will be
conducted by Cantor A. Portnov and
a special choir.
Services at the Central Hebrew
Congregation, 21st-st and Central
av, will be conducted by Max Sacks.
Intervening between RoSh Hash
naah and Yom Kippur, Jewish Day
of Atonement, which will be OBJ
served Oct. and 7, is the Sabbath
of Repentance. Oct. 4 and 5.
The chanting of Kol Nidre, ira
ditional prayer of repentance, will
usher in Yom Kippur, at sunset Oct.
6. The day is the elimination of a
To-day period of penitence.
Your Kippur Day of Fast
Traditionally, God is regarded as
the Judge who inscribes each indi-
viduaI in the Book of Life" on the
the New Year, and seals the decree
upon Yom Kippur. The day is one
of fasting and atonement.
Services will be held in all Jew
ish congregations, and a special
service for children will be observed
at 12:15 Oct. 7 at the temple at
10th and Delaware-stS, where a me-
mortal service will be held at $3.50.
Signifying the harvest. as it did
in biblical days, the Festival of
Sukkoth will be observed Oct. IL
and u. With the downfall of the
Jewish state in Palestine and the
destruction of the temple in Jeru-
salem, the form of celebration was
changed, but the holiday assumed
greater Importance.
Even today, observant Jews build
a Sukkah, or booth. in their yards,
where they eat their meals during
the holiday. This is a reminder of
the time when the Jews dwelt in
such booths during the 40 years they
wandered through the desert after
their deliverance from Egyptian
bondage. In Reform temples, a
service is held on this holiday at
which children are indicted into
the religious school.
Reform temples observe the final
two holidays. Shemini Atzereth and
Simchath Torah. Oct. Is and 10, to-
gether. Orthodox and conservative
congregations celebrate on two days.
The series of holidays which begin
tonight are among the most i'm