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.
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| New York, 1910. NYC Vintage Images |
Another group of people, reading the traditional prayer while throwing bread into the water. 1909, New York.
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| 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!
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| Ballona Creek after a 2010 Rainstorm |
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| Ballona Creek During our Recent Drought, 2014 |
Hope you have a reflective weekend, my friends.
Those vintage photos of tashlich are absolutely wonderful Ellen!
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