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Tashlich – Casting Away One’s Sins

Tashlich, the ceremony of symbolically tossing one’s sins into a body of water, usually takes place on the first day of Rosh Hashanah, although it can be done until Hoshana Raba at the end of the festival of Sukkot.

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Tashlich – Casting Away One’s Sins

Tashlich, the ceremony of symbolically tossing one’s sins into a body of water, usually takes place on the first day of Rosh Hashanah, although it can be done until Hoshana Raba at the end of the festival of Sukkot.

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