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Congregants of Nashuva cast bread into the waters of Santa Monica Bay during the Rosh Hashanah tashlich ritual in 2021. (Photo/Forward-Rob Eshman)
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Just in time for Rosh Hashanah, a new reason to feel guilty: your tashlich litter

Rob Eshman by Rob Eshman and Forward September 23, 2022September 28, 2022

My favorite Jewish food is borscht, my favorite Jewish holiday is Sukkot, and my favorite Jewish ritual is tashlich. Maybe I need to rethink that last one. Tashlich, which in […]

Tashlich at Wilderness Torah's 2019 Rosh Hashanah retreat. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inReligion

Tashlich ritual will give people a rare chance to gather together during pandemic High Holidays

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 14, 2020
Daniel Shorr (far right) and other members of Stanford’s Student Space Initiative escort a rocket he built (Photo/Courtesy Daniel Shorr)
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Tashlich in spaaaaaaaacce: Send your sins to the heavens on Stanford rocket

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky October 21, 2019
Sarah Chandler leads a twist on the kapparot ritual in which participants hug chickens rather than swinging them over their heads. (Photo/Courtesy Sarah Chandler)
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Hugging a chicken, yizkor for gun victims and other twists on High Holy Days rituals

Ben Sales by Ben Sales September 18, 2017

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