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Tashlich at the shoreline of Lake Ontario during Rosh Hashana
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 43; Item 8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 43
- Item
- 8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1910]
- Physical Description
- 3 slides : b&w ; 8 x 8 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a large group of Jewish men and women engaged in the custom/practice of tashlich at the shoreline of Lake Ontario during Rosh Hashana. Some are standing on a bridge in the background.
- Notes
- Original is a glass slide.
- Title on original slide reads: Jews celebrating Day of Atonement which is incorrect as on the first day of Rosh Hashana, Jews gather at a body of water to cast away their sins by symbolically throwing breadcrumbs into the water. The title has been changed by the record creator.
- Subjects
- Rosh ha-Shanah
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Accession Number
- 2005-5-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions