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‖ tashlik, tashlich|tæʃˈliːk| [Heb. taʃˈlīk ‘thou shalt cast’, future Hiphil of ʃālak to cast.] A symbolical custom, popularly in vogue among Jews, of repairing, on New Year's Day, to a stream of running water, and repeating certain biblical verses indicative of sin and forgiveness, specially Micah vii. 19, ‘Thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea’.
1880Jewish World 30 Sept., Tashlich..a simple fad of mediæval rabbinism, of late date and origin, and wholly unknown to our ancient sages. 1902Daily Chron. 2 Oct. 7/1 They have imported with them from their native ghettos the singular practice known as ‘Tashlikh’, which is performed by the side of a stream of running water or on the seashore... A favourite resort for the purpose of ‘Tashlikh’ is the Custom House Quay, and the front walk of the Tower. |