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Tashlich

Louise Fishman (American, b. 1939)

Tashlich, 1984

  • Oil on linen
  • 25 1/8 x 17 1/8 in. (63.8 x 43.5 cm)
  • The Jewish Museum, New York
  • Gift of the artist in memory of Kristie A. Jayne, 1990-5

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For centuries, traditional Jews have gone the afternoon of the first day of Rosh Hashanah to the nearest body of free-flowing water to recite several Psalms and a line from the prophet Micah: "And you will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea." And they have shaken out their pockets of lint and bread crumbs, symbolically shaking loose their sins of the past year that they could be swept downstream to the sea.

Source: The Jewish Museum, New York, CULTURE AND CONTINUITY: THE JEWISH JOURNEY, June 13, 1993 - January 19, 1994.

Provenance: the artist (until 1990)

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Published References: Mann, Vivian B., and Emily D. Bilski. THE JEWISH MUSEUM: NEW YORK. London: Scala Books, 1993, p. 123.

This information may change as the result of ongoing research