Tashlich
/ˈtɑːʃ.lɪx/noun
A Jewish Rosh Hashanah ritual in which participants symbolically cast away their sins, traditionally beside flowing water.
Did you know?Tashlich draws its name from Micah 7:19, whose imagery says that God will cast Israel’s sins into the depths of the sea.
Etymological Timeline
Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew
שלך (shalakh)
“To throw, cast, or send away; the root underlying Tashlich.”
8th–6th Century BCE
Biblical Hebrew
וְתַשְׁלִיךְ (vetashlikh)
““And you will cast,” appearing in Micah 7:19 in the phrase about casting sins into the sea.”
Late Antiquity–Medieval Period
Hebrew
תשליך (tashlikh)
“The biblical verse and its associated act of symbolically casting away wrongdoing.”
16th Century
Jewish Hebrew
תשליך (tashlikh)
“A recognized Rosh Hashanah custom involving recitation of verses near water.”
Modern English
English
Tashlich
“An English transliteration for the Jewish New Year ritual, also spelled Tashlikh or Taschlich.”