Friday, September 26, 2014

Vintage Photo Friday - Rosh Hashonah

It is customary during Rosh Hashonah, the Jewish New Year, to start fresh and cast your sins into the water.  This is called the tradition of Tashlikh.  Here is a group of women on the Williamsburg Bridge in New York, 1910, performing this rite.

New York, 1910NYC Vintage Images
Another group of people, reading the traditional prayer while throwing bread into the water.  1909, New York.

Tashlikh.  1909.  New York.  NYC Vintage Images

This weekend, Larry and I will travel to the closet body of water to our house, The Ballona Creek flood channel, and cast our sins off!

Ballona Creek after a 2010 Rainstorm

Ballona Creek During our Recent Drought, 2014
Hope you have a reflective weekend, my friends.

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1 Comments:

At 12:59 PM PDT, Blogger Faith said...

Those vintage photos of tashlich are absolutely wonderful Ellen!

 

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