# tashlich (תַּשְׁלִיךְ)

pronounced: tash-LEEKH


**“You will cast” — a Rosh HaShanah custom of reciting Micah 7 beside water as a picture of God casting sin away**

## In Scripture

> He will again have compassion on us. He will tread our iniquities under foot; and you will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
> — Micah 7:19 (The promise that gives Tashlich its name and central image)

> Behold, for peace I had great anguish, but you have in love for my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption; for you have cast all my sins behind your back.
> — Isaiah 38:17 (Root component — cast uses sh-l-k, the root that gives Tashlich its name, here with sins thrown behind God’s back.)


## How to read this entry

The definition comes from the IsraelForYou lexicon. Scripture quotations and their translation are named below; later tradition or modern usage is identified when it appears.


https://israelforyou.com/hebrew/tashlich/