tashlik
noun
tash·lik
variants
or tashlich
ˈtäshliḵ
plural -s
: 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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“Tashlik.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tashlik. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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