A custom of going to a body of water and symbolically 'casting away' sins, done on the first day of Rosh Hashanah Tashlich is a custom performed on the first day of Rosh Hashanah (or during the Ten Days of Repentance). Jews go to a body of flowing water and symbolically 'cast' their sins into the water while reciting prayers, based on Micah 7:19: 'You will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.'

What is Tashlich?

A custom of going to a body of water and symbolically 'casting away' sins, done on the first day of Rosh Hashanah

Source: Michah 7:19

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