What is Tashlich?

Tashlich is a Jewish ceremony that takes place in most cases on the first day of Rosh Hashanah. If Rosh Hashanah falls on Saturday, Tashlich will take place the next day. It is a ritual and prayer that symbolizes the discarding of old sins and the woes of the year to prepare for a better and happy new year, based on the Jewish calendar.

Tashlich means "throw away" or "throw away". In Tashlich, Jews go to rivers or streams and empty pockets and throw the contents into the water body. If someone has nothing in his pockets, bread crumbs can be thrown. In this way, one is now symbolically emptied from the sins of last year and with nothing to fill pockets, one must also rely on God to survive.

In modern observation of Tashlich, however, most people empty the pockets such as car keys, wallets or other important items before going to the river. Also bread crumbs are usually thrown so that the rivers or streams are polluted.

When bread crumbs are thrown, several psalms ofthe groove of God's ability to protect a person. It is advantageous to throw the crumbs into the water contain fish because the fish are protected by water and symbolize God's protection. They also recite from Micah : "You will again have compassion for the US/ go to our sins under your feet/ and throw all our iniquities [sins] into the sea" (Micah 7:19).

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celebration of Tashlich was a dangerous occupation for the Jews in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. In order to see prayer over the water source, witchcraft can be considered, especially in Europe or in the new world. Thus, the Jews were usually defeated to leave the city to make the Tashlich to avoid such charges.

Today, Tashlich is a happy opportunity and is definitely not observed in secret. In fact, choirs or large families often collect the same water source and the result is a social opportunity. It is festive and festive when Jews begin their new year ČsThe slate in God's eyes and with the concept that God will protect them throughout the year.