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

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