The Jewish Herald (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1, Thursday, October 1, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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Address of a Young Jewess
The following address was delivered
by Miss Sadie Spielberger before the
Vestminster Presbyterian Sunday
school at New Decatur Ala Miss
Spielberger is only 1G years old and
fcniade this talk at a special request
il fave great pleasure this morning
in havingjlie opportunity of speaking
to you about our religion the Jew
ish and I hope the Sunday school will
gather > some new ideas some new
lessonssome new light from my few
words and be drawn closer to us by
Ihem
We like you are divided into
classes the Orthodox and Reform
Jews The Orthodox Jews adhere to
all the old customs held in Jerusalem
Wa hold the same principles as they
and almost the same aims but have
let our religion grow and expand with
the world I would like to give you
some examples of things we differ in
They call their house of worship a
tfynagog we call ours a temple Their
services are conducted in Hebrew
ours in English During their serv-
ices they wear a sort of mantle of
black and white stripes called a tallis
we do jiot wear this The Bible says
Thou shalt bind them as a sign upon
thy hand and as frontlets between
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thine eyes This the Orthodox Jew
interprets literally and wears during
his prayers the tephilin in a little
black ebony box which he binds
around his forehead and left arm near
the heart with black leather straps
The Reformed Jew thinks this only
another way of saying to have the
commandments near you by your
learts There are many other slight
differences but both classes believe
n the One Eternal God keep the
same holy days and believe in the
coming Golden age The Messianic
cign of universal peace and happi
ness the kingdom of God on earth
vhcn all men will be united by the
onds of Justice Love and Truth and
he whole earth will be filled with the
knowledge of God and worship to-
gether
The Orthodox believe that this
3olden ago will be brought about by
t lew called the Messiah and that
when he comes all the Jews will go
back to Jerusalem and there will be
a resurrection of the dead That is
why they keep up all the old customs
The Reform Jew however thinks
that Messiah will not come but that
all the Jews will bring about the Gol-
den age when everyone will believe
in the One Divine Power and that is
why we have been scattered all over
the whole world and though all
through histoiy we have been perse-
cuted and martyred we still exist to
teach religion as we are taught in the
Bible
Our house of worship is very much
in appearance like your church We
have a sixcornered star for an em-
blem We also have a scroll called
the Safer Torah it is written in He-
brew and is the original copy of the
Bibe It is only read on the Sabbath
ana on Holy days The letters vary
and each one is just a certain size for
in olden times when print was done
by hand we wanted to insure the ac-
curacy of the writer and so we were
very particular in order that this sa-
cred work should be done correctly
1 would like to give you an idea of
how our services are conducted They
open by singing of the choir and all
our singing is done by the choir then
come the prayers responsive reading
singing and sermon ending in a bene-
diction and music
Now I would like to quote to you
one of our cardinal doctrines because
it explains so well some of our most
important teachings
Man is the son of God having one
Father all men irrespective of race
country creed or condition form one
brotherhood and should deal with one
another like brothers created in Gods
image and formed in His likeness
the soul comes from the Creator pure
and sinless and is immortal even
though the body returns to dust God-
like iu his origin man should bo God
like in his life yet if he sins he flill
rema ns Gods child and may obtain
forgiveness if he repents forsake his
evil ways and return to the right
path
Now lastly I would like to tell yon
briefly about some of our most im-
portant holy days They begin on tne
evening before and their beginning
is celebrated by the lighting of can-
dles On these days we do not write
sew or do any kind of work but de
vote ourselves wholly to prayers and
he customs of the day
The day of Atonement Yom Kippur
li our most holy of holy days It is
a fast day We do not fast because
we think by doing so our sins will be
forgiven but it is a day given up to
our souls food trying to forget our
bodily wants We realize our sinful-
ness and try to repent It is a day
iO make yourselves morally better and
help the poor
New Years day or Rosh Hashona
is another day of selfexamination try-
ing to make people happy in different
ways It does not fall on the days
your New Year does owing to the
difference in calendars
Now our Passover feast lasts seven
days It is in commemoration of the
time God brought Israel out of Egypt
During this week we only eat certain
kinds cf food to make us think of the
time our forefathers were compelled
to do so The unleavened bread or
Mhzcs which you must have heard
of is a sample of the food eaten in
tho wilderness It was made out of
flour and wa er and baked in the sun
Our confirmation day or Shabouth
Is the anniversary of the time God
ave Moses the ten commandments on
Mt Sinai We children get confirmed
on that day and because I would like
vou to hear what we say and also be-
cause I would like you to hear one of
cur prayers I will repeat the one I
said on my confirmation day two years
agoYes
Yes we thank Thee our Heavenly
Father for our life our health our
youth and our birthright and fervent-
ly we pray Thee for Thy guidance and
support that we might prove ourselves
worthy of these priceless gifts Bless
the words we shall utter here and may
heir lessons sink deeply into our
hearts bless the prayers we shall of-
fer here and may those earnest peti-
tions strengthen our holy resolve to
walk humbly with Thee May this
hours of confirmation bind us with
Aim ties of piety and reverence to our
beloved parents and grandparents and
in tho fullness of confidence and joy
may it turn their hearts to us thus
realising the ancient word Not with
you only do I make this covenant and
this oath hut with him that standeth
hero with us this day before the Lord
our God and also with him that is
not hero with us this day Amen
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Goldberg, E. The Jewish Herald (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1, Thursday, October 1, 1908, newspaper, October 1, 1908; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth84738/m1/1/: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .