Tashlikh

Holiday card depicting Tashlikh (early 20th century)

Tashlikh or Tashlich (Hebrew: תשליך "cast off") is a customary Jewish atonement ritual performed during the High Holy Days on Rosh Hashanah. In some Judaeo-Spanish-speaking communities the practice is referred to as sakudirse las faldas ('to shake the flaps [of clothing]') or simply as faldas.[1]

  1. ^ Cowen, Ida (1971). Jews in remote corners of the world. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ. p. 276.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)