TASHLIK


Meaning of TASHLIK in English

noun

or tash·lich ˈtäshliḵ

( -s )

Etymology: Hebrew tashlīkh thou will cast (as in Mic 7:19), 2d singular imperfect or hishlīkh to cast

: a symbolic propitiatory rite that is celebrated by Orthodox Jews traditionally on the afternoon of Rosh Hashanah and that consists in assembling along the banks of a running stream, reciting Micah 7:18-20 and penitential prayers, and shaking one's garments as if casting one's sins into the water to be washed or swept away

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