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Tashlikh ( Hebrew , meaning "casting off") is a long-standing practice on Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish new year according to the Hebrew calendar ) to go to a large, natural body of flowing water (such as a river , lake , sea or ocean ) and throw some bread, or a similar food item, into the water for fish , birds and/or ducks to eat, symbolically casting off the sins of the previous year. The name of this custom is derived from the Biblical passage ( Micah vii. 18-20) recited at the ceremony. In illustration of the sentence "You will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea," it is customary to congregate near a running stream on the afternoon of New Year's Day, when Micah vii. 18-20 is recited and penitential prayers are offered.1
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Tashlikh ( , meaning "casting off") is a long-standing Jewish practice usually performed on the afternoon of Rosh Hashanah , the Jewish New Year , however it can be said up until Hoshana Rabbah .The previous year's sins are symbolically "cast off" by throwing pieces of bread, or a similar food item, into a large, natural body of flowing water (such as a river , lake , sea or ocean ).The name " Tashlikh " and the practice itself are derived from the Biblical passage ( Micah 7:18–20 ) recited at the ceremony: "You will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea."
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Tashlikh ( , meaning "casting off") is a long-standing Jewish practice usually performed on the afternoon of Rosh Hashanah , the Jewish New Year , although it can be said up until Hoshana Rabbah . The previous year's sins are symbolically "cast off" by reciting a section from Micah that makes allusions to the symbolic casting off of sins, into a large, natural body of flowing water (such as a river , lake , sea or ocean ). The name " Tashlikh " and the practice itself are derived from the Biblical passage ( Micah 7:18–20 ) recited at the ceremony: "You will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea." Zivotofsky, Ari.
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Jewish atonement ritual Tashlikh ( "cast off") is a customary Jewish atonement ritual performed during the High Holy Days .
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Jewish atonement ritual Tashlikh or Tashlich ( "cast off") is a customary Jewish atonement ritual performed during the High Holy Days on Rosh Hashanah .
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Jewish atonement ritual Holiday card depicting Tashlikh (early 20th century) Tashlikh or Tashlich ( Hebrew : תשליך "cast off") is a customary Jewish atonement ritual performed during the High Holy Days on Rosh Hashanah .In some Judaeo-Spanish -speaking communities the practice is referred to as sakudirse las faldas ('to shake the flaps [of clothing]') or simply as faldas .Jews in remote corners of the world .
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long-standing practice on rosh hashanah
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customary jewish atonement ritual performed during the high holy days on rosh hashanah for ashkenazi jews
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