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Send your “sins” down the river

August 30, 2018 by Cantor Lauren Adesnik

If you have not checked your calendar… the Rosh Hashanah is fast approaching! Dig out the brisket recipe, practice your round challah braiding skills, make the honey cake with the kids, it is time to welcome a brand new year! My favorite ritual of Rosh Hashanah is Tashlich. I take my day old bread down to the river and tear it into little pieces. Those pieces represent all of the things I would like to let go of from this past year. I cast those pieces into the water and watch as they float away. In shul, we come together as a community and admit our wrongdoings as individuals and as a people; we ask our community, our friends, families and God to forgive us. Our fixed prayers do not necessarily guide us to ask for forgiveness from ourselves. Tashlich is the final step of the prayers we have been sending and singing in synagogue. This ritual gives us a physical outlet to let go of the things that we have done wrong to ourselves and to others. When we take a breath and stretch … [Read more...]

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Tashlich Service

September 21, 2017 by Nila nszweda@templeemanuelatlanta.com

Tashlich Service 4:00pm-6:00pm Fun! Family Friendly at Morgan Falls RSVP below. … [Read more...]

Tagged With: Family, Tashlich

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