Tashlikh
or Tash·lik, Tash·lich
[ Sephardic Hebrew tahsh-leekh; Ashkenazic Hebrew tahsh-likh ]
/ Sephardic Hebrew tɑʃˈlix; Ashkenazic Hebrew ˈtɑʃ lɪx /
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noun Hebrew.
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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Origin of Tashlikh
tashlīkh literally, you will cast
Words nearby Tashlikh
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