Tashlikh Ceremony

Tashlikh is a customary Jewish atonement ritual performed during the Holy Days. This ritual is performed on the afternoon of the first day of Rosh Hashanah. It is customary to gather by a body of water for this ritual which demonstrates that sin to be separate from their lives. Into the water they symbolically cast their sins of the past year, to start the new year with a clean slate. The ceremony includes reading the source passage for the practice. On October third The members of the United Synagogue of Hoboken gathered at the park by the Hudson river to perform their Tashlikh ceremony. They were kind enough to allow some students from Saint University to attend. I got the opportunity to attend Tashlikh. When we first arrived we were greeted by some of the members. They gave us a program so we can follow along with the readings. The readings were Hebrew and there was the …show more content…
The first readings, read in the beginning of the ceremony, were scriptures taken from The Bible. They were read aloud in Hebrew together by the rabbi and the other members. The first One was taken from Micah 7:18-20. It is asking God once again for his love and forgiveness, and and as believers they know he will forgive their sins and cast them into the depths of the sea. The second reading was from Isaiah 11:9. This is acknowledging that God has an abundance of strength and power. The third verse, Amos 5:24, is about the Justice and righteousness. While we were throwing the bread in the river we were reading from the program. The reading was about casting away their sins from the past year, cleansing them for the New Year. They are confessing for not doing what is right, asking for forgiveness, so they could start the year fresh. The next thing was the prayer was for those in in need and for the people in the Hoboken train