Tashlich - Sofie Rose Seymour ’16, right, and Matthew J. Goodkin-Gold ’19, left, look onto the Charles while performing the Jewish ritual Tashlich, in which practitioners drop pieces of bread or another food into moving bodies of water to symbolize letting go of regret and sin. “It can be done very personally by anyone anywhere,” explained Hillel Executive Director Rabbi Jonah C. Steinberg. By Madeline R. Lear
Tashlich - “Ducky,” cried out four year-old Nellie L. Sandberg as she tossed bread towards ducks in the Charles River as part of the Jewish ritual Tashlich, in which practitioners drop pieces of bread or another food into moving bodies of water to symbolize letting go of regret and sin. Later she drew while sitting on Weeks Bridge with her father, Paul M. Sandberg, left, on September 14, 2015. By Madeline R. Lear
Tashlich - “It’s really good to have time to...check in with yourself, to what extent you are living the life you want to and being the person you want to and having the presence in the world you want to.” Sofie Rose Seymour ’16, who self-identifies as “secular Jewish,” drops pieces of bread into the Charles River during the Jewish ritual Tashlich, in which practitioners aim to let go of sin and regret. By Madeline R. Lear
Regret into the River - Sofie Rose Seymour ’16, right, and Matthew J. Goodkin-Gold ’19, left, look onto the Charles while performing the Jewish ritual Tashlich, in which practitioners drop pieces of bread or another food into moving bodies of water to symbolize letting go of regret and sin. “It can be done very personally by anyone anywhere,” explained Hillel Executive Director Rabbi Jonah C. Steinberg. By Madeline R. Lear
Students celebrate Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, by throwing pieces of bread into the Charles River symbolizing letting go of sin and regret.