Re: tachlis

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Whoever started this thread, I think you mean <tashlikh>, not "tachlis",
--  the ritual of taking the lint in one's pockets
(<tash>, <tashn>) and throwing them into a body of water.

Someone fluent in Hebrew could best define <takhlis> for us.

<A git, gezunt  yor, alemen>

Wolf



Reyzl Kalifowicz-Waletzky wrote:

> Still catching up with weeks of unread mail...
>
> If you send this around, please do not leave out the name of the author of
> the piece below.  It is Rabbi Richard Israel who is a very nice and very
> clever guy.  He is a former rabbi of Yale Hillel and the former New England
> regional Hillel director (I used to work for him many years ago.)  Years
> from now it will become a piece of Internet lore, but not yet because many
> of us still know him and his fine pen.
>
> Reyzl
>
> ----------
> From:  Lori Cahan-Simon [SMTP:lsimon (at) SoftHome(dot)net]
> Sent:  Wednesday, September 01, 1999 9:32 PM
> To:  World music from a Jewish slant
> Subject:  tachlis
>
> >Are you still groaning from the last one?
> >
> >
> > Subject: If you sin while giving thanks, use stuffing?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Here are instructions for a Jewish technique for
> >>> self-purification.
> >>> Tashlich is done on the afternoon of the first day
> >>> of Rosh Hashanah.
> >>> You go to a running body of water, it can be a
> >>> stream, creek or river,etc.
> >>> and with a stone, or crumbs of bread, you say a
> >>> little prayer and throw
> >>> your misdeeds of the year into the running water
> >>> symbolized by
> >>> the bread, etc.
> >>>
> >>> However, taking a few crumbs to Tashlich from
> >>> whatever old bread is in the
> >>> house lacks subtlety, nuance, and religious
> >>> sensitivity. Instead, this
> >>> coming Rosh Hashanah, consider these options:
> >>>
> >>> for ordinary sins, use white bread
> >>>
> >>> for exotic sins, French bread
> >>>
> >>> for particularly dark sins, Pumpernickel
> >>>
> >>> for complex sins, Multi-grain
> >>>
> >>> for twisted sins, pretzels
> >>>
> >>> for tasteless sins, Rice cakes
> >>>
> >>> for sins of indecision, waffles
> >>>
> >>> for sins committed in haste, matzah
> >>>
> >>> for sins committed in less than 18 minutes, Shmurah
> >>> matzah
> >>>
> >>> for sins of chutzpah, fresh bread
> >>>
> >>> for committing arson, toast
> >>>
> >>> for committing auto theft, caraway
> >>>
> >>> for being ill tempered, sourdough
> >>>
> >>> for silliness, nut bread
> >>>
> >>> for not giving full value, shortbread
> >>>
> >>> for Jingoism, Yankee Doodles
> >>>
> >>> for excessive use of irony, Rye bread
> >>>
> >>> for excessive use of irony with regard to the Old
> >>> Soviet Union,
> >>>
> >>> Russian rye
> >>>
> >>> for telling bad jokes, Corn bread
> >>>
> >>> for hardening our hearts, jelly doughnuts
> >>>
> >>> for being money hungry, Enriched bread or Raw dough
> >>>
> >>> for war-mongering, Kaiser rolls
> >>>
> >>> for immodest dressing, Tarts
> >>>
> >>> for causing injury or damage to others, tortes
> >>>
> >>> for promiscuity, Hot buns
> >>>
> >>> for promiscuity with a Christian, Hot Cross Buns
> >>>
> >>> for racism, Crackers
> >>>
> >>> for sophisticated racism, Ritz crackers
> >>>
> >>> for davvening off tune, Flat bread
> >>>
> >>> for being holier than thou, bagels
> >>>
> >>> for unfairly upbraiding another, Challah
> >>>
> >>> for indecent photography, Cheese cake
> >>>
> >>> for trashing the environment, Dumplings
> >>>
> >>> for sins of laziness, Any very long loaf
> >>>
> >>> for sins of pride, Puff pastry
> >>>
> >>> for lying, Baked goods with Nutrasweet and Olestra
> >>>
> >>> for wearing tasteless hats, Tam tams
> >>>
> >>> for the sins of the righteous, Angel food cake
> >>>
> >>> for selling your soul, Devil's food cake
> >>>
> >>> for lust in your heart, Wonder bread
> >>>
> >>> for inhaling, Stoned wheat
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Remember, you don't have to show your crumbs to
> >>> anyone.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>__________________________________________________
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> >>
> >>
> >Lori Cahan-Simon
> >
> >
> Lori Cahan-Simon
>



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