[Avodah] Why "Tashlich" and not Hashlachah?

[Zev Sero]

rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com wrote:
> A colleague was bewildered and asked me:
>> Why do we call Tashlich "Tashlich" and not "Hashlachah?"
>> EG Kappros, hoshanos, hakafos are all nouns.

Why should it be called "hashlacha"? We don't throw anything, we ask
Hashem "vetashlich bimtzulot yam kol chatotam".  "Tashlich" is the
name of this kind of prayer, just as "slicha" is the name of the kind
of prayer we're saying this week.   If we were to say many "tashlich"
prayers, we would probably call them "tashlichs".

Kaparot are the chickens, which are a kaparah for us.

Hoshanot are once again what we ask Hashem: "Hosha na"; it's a verb
just like "tashlich", and also the name of the prayer that it
comprises, of which we say many, so we refer to them in the plural.

Hakafot are what we actually do.


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