[Avodah] Why "Tashlich" and not Hashlachah?

[Arie Folger]

On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 12:09 AM, Micha Berger <micha at aishdas.org> wrote:
> I don't think you have the etiology quite right in the seifa. The reisha
> identifies the tefillah as asking Hashem to forgive us. It's an appeal
> to the 13 middos as mirrored in seifer Mikhah (Mi Keil kamokha...) Not
> a statement of dedication to work at it.

Fair enough. But the point is that none of the early sources consider
it "throwing our sins to the fish" or "in the water." It is a prayer
and the setting near the water is either symbolic or inspirational.

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Arie Folger,
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