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Cast Away Your Sins - Tashlich


On the first day of Rosh Hashanah after the afternoon prayer, we go to a lake, river or sea (preferably a body of water that has fish), and recite the Tashlich prayers, wherein we symbolically cast our sins into the water and leave our old shortcomings behind us, thus starting the new year with a clean slate.

If the first day of Rosh Hashanah falls on Shabbat, Tashlich is done on the second day of Rosh Hashanah. If one is unable to perform this ceremony on Rosh Hashanah, one may do so until the last day of Sukkot (this year, October 19, 2011).

Click here to find a Tashlich service near you.
Text of Tashlich (Hebrew)
Text of Tashlich (English)

Click here for more about Tashlich, including many reasons for this ancient ritual.
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Posted: Oct 4, 2011
Re: what to do
Special verses are recited next to a body of water, such as a sea, river, stream, lake or pond, preferably one that has fish (though when no such body of water was available, some rabbis were known to do Tashlich next to a well, even one that dried up, or next to a bucket of water).
Posted By D, Toronto

Posted: Sep 7, 2010
RE: What to do?
Will you be able to get to water before the last day of Sukkot? If so, do tashlich then...
Posted By Gerson

Posted: Sep 6, 2010
What to do?
What should you do if you cannot get to any body of water? The closest I am to water with fish in it is the fishbowl in my living room...
Posted By Anonymous

Posted: Sep 27, 2009
Tashlich
Thank you for the prayer. We will go to the stream where someone had said they know there are fish and say the prayer we found on your website.
Posted By Marla David, Thornhill, Ontario, Canada

Posted: Sep 29, 2008
Tashlich in WV
I shall be doing Tashlich this year by Elkhorn Creek (which has trout!) in Landgraff, WV- probably the first time in many a year (if ever) it's been done here! Thank you!
Posted By elisse jo goldstein-clark, Landgraff, WV



 


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