Emanuel Synagogue

High Holy Days 2021

Join us virtually at Emanuel Synagogue as we continue to pray, learn and be together throughout the High Holy Day period.

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High Holy Days 2021

Join us virtually at Emanuel Synagogue as we continue to pray, learn and be together throughout the High Holy Day period.

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REVERSE TASHLICH

Every year we make our way to a body of water and throw in breadcrumbs, symbolic of casting our sins into the depths of the sea, as told by the prophet Micah. But throwing bread into the water is damaging the marine life: the ducks, fish and other living creatures.

Also, humanity is casting our sins into the seas every day as our oceans and rivers become more polluted with our waste.

A number of years ago, a group of students decided to do “reverse tashlich,” instead of casting our sins into the waters through the breadcrumbs, they worked to remove our sins from the seas, by cleaning the waters, as we cleanse our souls during the High Holydays.

This year, because of Covid, we can’t gather to do a communal reverse tashlich, but each one of us can do our small part to take our sins from the sea. Perhaps think about doing reverse tashlich this year and help clean our waters as we cleanse our souls.

Here is a poem you may wish to say as you participate in your reverse tashlich

AT THE WATER’S EDGE (Elizabeth Tragash) (adapted)

On this sacred day

When the old year slips away

We prepare to meet the year ahead

Our oceans and rivers filled with our sins,

Symbols of our shortcomings and our regrets

 

Many are the regrets and sorrows

That weigh upon our souls

Let us gather them from the moving waters

So we may begin anew

 

Great is our regret

For the harsh words we have spoken,

The tender words left unsaid

For the anger we let smoulder

The compassion we withheld

For our greed and jealousy, Our lack of generosity

For all that we could have done

All  that we have left undone

 

Many are the regrets and sorrows

That weigh upon our souls

Let us gather them from the moving waters

So we can strive to become

All that we were meant to be

 

Great is our remorse

For the energy we spent fighting

Instead of trying to make amends

For the times we could have lent a hand

Instead of keeping our hands by our sides

For the times we looked away from those near and far

Who need our help and caring

When we turned away from the places in the world

In need of repairing

 

Many are the regrets and sorrows

That weigh upon our hearts and souls

Let us gather them from the moving waters

So we can begin to build bridges

Connecting us one to another

Emanuel Synagogue Social Justice Team: www.emanuelsynagogue.org.au and

JewSI: The Jewish Sustainibility Initiative: www.sydneyalliance.org.au/jewish-sustainability-initiative

Address

Emanuel Synagogue
7 Ocean Street
Woollahra, NSW 2025

 

Contact Us

p: 02 9389 6444

e: info@emanuel.org.au

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