Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-13

Yom Kippur, the Day of A
the Jewish year. 1t is a 24-hour
period of fasting and prayer and
cllmaxes To-day period of pen
itence which began with Rosh
Hashonah. the Day of Judg-
ment.
On Rosh Hashonah. first day
of the Jewish New Year, each
persons name is inscribed in one
of three books-the Book of
Life, the Book Of Death, and a
third book for those whose fate
is still undecided.
Books to Close
On Yom Kippur the books are
closed. Those who repented dur
Ing the 10 hold days have their
names written in the Book of
Life, while the others are in
scribed in the Book of Death.
The holy day liturgy contains
collective admissions of guilt and
supplications for the power to
overcome sin and wrongdoing
The service ends with a blast of
tile shofar, or rams horn, SYM
bolizing the cry for divine COM
passion.
Jewish service personnel in
the Washington area have been
extended invitations to worship
In synagogues and temples here,
the Washington Armed Services
Committee. National Jewish
Welfare Board, announced today.
Overflow Crowds
AS in past years, several con-
gregationS will hold their high
hold day services in Protestant
churches because they do not
have sufficient room at their
present meeting places.
These congregations include
Achduth Congregation, in Pierce
Hall. All Souls Unitarian Church,
Sixteenth and Harvard streets
NV; Beth FL Congregation in
darlington Methodist Church,
Alexandria. Va: Congregation
Beth Ell of Montgomery County
in Bethesda Methodist Church,
Bethesda. Md; Temple Emanuel
in Chevy Chase Baptist Church.
5671 Western avenue NV, and
Central Jewish Community Cen
ter of Prince Georges County in
Central Baptist Church, Bla-
densburg, Md.
Services to be held tomorrow
and Saturday. as compiled by
the Jewish Community Council
of Greater Washington, are as
follows:
Achduth. in Pierce Hall, All Souls
Unitarian Church. Sixteenth and Harv-
ard streets NV pm. tomorrow and
8 am. Saturday
Porter street NW Vg'p pm A't tomor row
and $3.50 m Saturday. Rabbi David
H. Panitz and Cantor Joseph Barkin
Also, DR.: Abraham Halkin,. professor at
York, and Cantor Louis Herman of New
York. Rabbi PauitZ on The Day of
Judgment and Dr. Halkin on The Pre-
fsrred Past tomorrow; Rabbi Panitz on
Forgiveness" Saturday
AEudsth Achim. 6413 Thirteenth
street NW;-6 p;m tomorrow and s
man, and Cantor Morris Postal Rabbi
Waldman on our Builders-Our Chill.
dren" tomorrow and "Yachdov = To-
Beth Ii. ' 10y Jefferson Street NV
Saturday. Rabbi M H Levinson on on
member r te Ycutb sog sstnTsav and Re
:, Beth shclom, 500 Shepherd street
NV. and 1891 Alaska avenue NV
Pm tomorrow and am. Saturday.
Sholom katz. Rabbi kaufman on
EoIis,, IN asl Memories' and Opportunities
B'nai Israel. 1903 sixteenth street
SATURDAY, Rabbi 'o RsnrS s sesal s and
Julius seEsi Of silver Spring. Nd. and
Cantor Jacob Gordon OF Newark, N j.
Rabbi segal on And Then some to:
...Hearsay or Experience" Saturday. Dr.
Es sass.,us on The Future Of Great
Of ersgs toToT sstrG and THE Meaning
B'nsi Jacob-Beth Israel 340S c street
SF,-.a:45 nm, tomorrow and am
Saturday: Rabbi Seymour Wadler and
Cantor Morris Berger Rabbi Wsdler on
"Challenge and Response" tomorrow
and Reflective Adjustments" and
AT the Gates" Saturday.
CnngrcTatia Trlmpd r,rah, 4aO1
Fourteenth street NW.-6:55 pm to-
morrow and 7:30 am. Saturday. Rabbi
Hillel Klayan and Cantor Joseph Roth
stein; Rabbi Klavan on THE Road
Back" tomorrow and Keeping Faith
with Our Trust" Saturday.
Exras Israel. Eighth and streets
NE.-6:45 pm. tomorrow and 8 am.
Saturday; Rabbi Arthur Bogner on "The
Eternal Life Thou Hast Implanted In
Us" tomorrow and "The Power Of Re-
soyery" and Before the Gates Close
Kosher Israel. 2sOI N street NV
$40 pm. tomorrow and am. Satur-
day, Rabbi Philip l.. Rabinowitz and
Cantor Jack Zaltzman. Rabbi Rabino-
witz on Our Self Rediscovery' tomor-
row and 'Throush Which Gate VIII