- consult the Lev Shalem Machzor
- borrow from the AES Tashlich handout on the top shelf by the siddurim
- borrow from the AES Tashlich handout on the top shelf by the siddurim
A History of the Jewish Experience, by Leo Trepp (2001)
This ritual probably stems from a medieval German custom that found its way into Jewish observance. The Italian poet and traveler Petrarch (1304-1374) reports having watched crowds of people at the bank of the Rhine in Cologne on New Year's Day, strewing herbs and flowers on the river in silent prayer. They told the poet that with these herbs, they call all the misfortunes in store for them in the coming year into the waves. Rabbi Jacob Moellin, the "Maharil" (died 1427), rabbi of the Rhenish city of Mainz and a collector of Jewish customs, minhagim, is the first to mention Jews reciting the prayer for Micah (Micah 7:18-20) and casting their sins away, a custom that has since become worldwide. This minhag is an example of how Jews have transformed suitable non-Jewish customs, making them "Jewish".
- P. 411
This ritual probably stems from a medieval German custom that found its way into Jewish observance. The Italian poet and traveler Petrarch (1304-1374) reports having watched crowds of people at the bank of the Rhine in Cologne on New Year's Day, strewing herbs and flowers on the river in silent prayer. They told the poet that with these herbs, they call all the misfortunes in store for them in the coming year into the waves. Rabbi Jacob Moellin, the "Maharil" (died 1427), rabbi of the Rhenish city of Mainz and a collector of Jewish customs, minhagim, is the first to mention Jews reciting the prayer for Micah (Micah 7:18-20) and casting their sins away, a custom that has since become worldwide. This minhag is an example of how Jews have transformed suitable non-Jewish customs, making them "Jewish".
- P. 411