Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-23
Synagogue Rites S3,978 Enroll
Tonight 10 Open In D. {. Schools
Yom kiippur Fast On First Day
Day Of Atonement
Continues Until
, Shutdown Tomorrow

SHUTDOWN Tomorrow
The solemn chanting of Kol Nidre
tonight will usher in the celebration
OF Yom Kippur, the traditional day
OF atonment, In all of Washington's
synagogues.
This day Of fasting and prayer,
which signifies the end Of the 10
penitential days during which the
people ind forgiveness Of sins, lasts
from shutdown tonight until sun
down tomorrow.
The days Of reverence began with
Rosh Hashana, when it is believed
the Book Of Life for the coming year
is opened and each persons destiny
inscribed therein.
Yom Kippur is characterized by
the complete abstinence from food
or drink during the day. Confession
OF sins by worshipers is an integral
part Of the observance. This con-
fession Of sins of omission and COM
mission Is fortified by solemn. resolu-
lions, to make amends and live
great, spiritual life in the year to
come.
Memorial Service for Dead.
During the afternoon Of Yom
Kippur, memorial service, Yizkor,
Is held In honor OF all those who
have died during the last year. The
worship period is ended with the
Neilah, or ''The Closing Service"
Orthodox Jews regard the holy
period ended when the first three
stars have appeared in the sky.
Yom Kippur Is followed by the
festival Of Sukos, a great period of
Thanksgiving, which this year begins
at shutdown Sunday. tits celebrated
by reformed Jews for seven days,
with services on the first and last
days, and by Orthodox Jews for eight
days, with services on the frst two
and last two days.
The Washington chapter of the
Jewish Welfare Board has arranged
special Yorn Kippur services for
military personnel in the Silver
Spring Armory. Chaplain Henry
Tavel, Of the Office of chief of
chaplains, will conduct services at
tbs o'clock tonight and 10 am. to-
morrow. He will be assisted by
Cantor Louis Fenik.
To- Visit Bedridden.
Visits to bedridden patients in
military and veterans hospitals also
nave been arranged by the board.
Day of Atonement services will be
held at $50 o'clock tonight and at
$50 am. tomorrow at st. Elizabeths
Hospital with Rabbi Hirsch wi
Glickman ofnciating. -
Services by Rabbi Norman Ger
stenfeld, of the Washington Hebrew
Congregation, will be held at 8
o'clock tonight and 1890 am. to-
morrow in Constitution Hall.
The Adas Israel Congregation, 900
I street NV, the Oldest Orthodox
Jewish synagogue, In the city, will
hold services at Z O'Clock tonight
and at am. tomorrow. Rabbi
Solomon H. Metz assisted by Cantor
Jacob Barkir, Will ofhciate. Overflow
services will be held In the vestry
rooms of the synagogue by Joseph
Mendelson and Maj. Seymour H.
Pomrenze, who has JUST returned
from an extended trip through
Europe and the. Holy Land. These
services will begin at 1880 o'clock
tonight and at 1890 am. tomorrow.
Services by B'nai Israel Congrega-
ton, with Rabbi Henry Segal ofiiciat-
ing, will begin in their synagogue,
Fourteenth and Emerson streets
NV. at 3 pm. today and will
continue through the evening. An
other service will begin at 7:3o am.
tomorrow and will continue until
evening.
Beth Israel Services.
Day of Atonement services at
Congregation Beth Israel. 4008 Min
nesota avenue NE, will begin at
Sis o'clock tonight and resume at
s15 am. tomorrow. Rabbi Ephraim
s. Greenberg, spiritual leader Of the
congregation, will ofliciate, assisted
by Cantor Aaron Rather and the
choir. Services will continue through
out the day until shutdown.
The newly organized Northeast
Hebrew Congregation will conduct
the holy services in the social hall
Of the Sherwood Presbyterian
Church, Twenty-second and Jackson
streets NE. Rabbi Yaakov Rosen-
berg Of the Jewish Theological Sem
mary In New York, will be In charge,
assisted by Howard l.. Hirsch, vice
president of the congregation. The
celebration of the day will begin at
$50 o'clock tonight and continue all
day tomorrow. starting at $50 am.
Rabbi Morris Pickholz, a graduate
of the Mesifta Torah Va Oath Sem
mary. New York City, will lead the
services of the Washington High
lands Jewish Center, 100 Atlantic
street ,SE. Meetings are scheduled
for 7 o'clock tonight and 8 am. to-
morrow. David 'Tanzman, q mem
Der Of the center, will serve as can
tor.
Services ut 6 PM.
Kol Nidre services will be held at
Ohev Sholon Synagogue, Fifth and
I streets NV, at $50 o'clock to-
night. Rabbi zenaach Green, spirit
ual' leader Of the congregation, will
speak on. the theme: Soldiers in
Gods Army" Services tomorrow
will begin ut 7:S0 am. and continue
until 2 pm. Rabbi Green will preach
en- The Will to Live" at 1890 am.
Cantor Paul Gewirtz will assist the
rabbi at all services. 80
Seventy-two aged guests, ut the
Hebrew Home for the Aged, lbs
Spring road NV, will observe the
religious holiday with the tradi-
tionsl fast. although the sick and
those not strong will be excused