Tashlikh

American  

[tahsh-leekh, tahsh-likh] / tɑʃˈlix, ˈtɑʃ lɪx /

Or Tashlik,

noun

Hebrew.

1. a Jewish rite, performed on the afternoon usually of the first day of Rosh Hashanah, in which the participants symbolically cast off their sins by gathering along the banks of a river, stream, or the like and reciting prayers of repentance.

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Etymology

Origin of Tashlikh

tashlīkh literally, you will cast

Example Sentences

But he also appeared later that day with Lynchburg’s mayor for the Rosh Hashana ritual of tashlikh, the symbolic casting of sins into a stream.

From New York Times