4 Oct Tashlich Gathering and Shabbat Potluck

Oy Vey offers Jewish activities and learning opportunities in the Netherlands. In 2024, Rosh HaShanah begins on the eve of the 2nd of October. Oy Vey will be gathering for our second annual Tashlich ceremony and Shabbat Potluck on 4 October.

Taschlich with Oy Vey

Tashlich is a new tradition for many of us at Oy Vey. So don’t worry if you have never heard of it or participated. You are welcome to join us and learn together.

Save the date: 4 October

Join us in Amsterdam as we blend old and new together to create a new Rosh Hashana tradition for ourselves. The old tradition is Tashlich: a ceremony which involves casting our sins into the water. The new part is making this tradition our own.

What is Tashlich?

It’s the tradition of symbolically atoning for the year’s wrongdoings by symbolically casting them into flowing water.

For the Tashlich ceremony we try to find flowing water with fish.

In the Mahzor Lev Shalem (prayer book for the High Holy Days) , we read an explanation of Tashlich:

“Just as fish eat our bread and what is cast away becomes nourishment, so we pray that even our sins will eventually be turned to good effect in the world.”

We won’t use bread, since it’s not exactly good for waterbirds. We will use pebbles.

Schedule

Oy Vey Tashlich:
17.00 Inloop for children and families and early birds with a bit of programming about Tashlich.
18:00 Program with reflection, ritual, and the sound of the shofar.
18:30 Potluck begins
19:00 Candle-lighting

Please Join Us