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Horseshoe Island Park

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Foot of Quinpool Road overlooking the Northwest Arm
Halifax, NS Canada Get Directions

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  • Tashlich Service (weather permitting)

    Horseshoe Island Park Foot of Quinpool Road overlooking the Northwest Arm, Halifax, NS, Canada

    On the first day of Rosh Hashanah we go to an open body of water and recite the Tashlich prayers while symbolically casting our sins into the water and leaving our shortcomings behind us. Thus, we start the new year with a clean slate. Join us at Horseshoe Island Park (weather permitting) to cast your…

  • Tashlich Service (weather permitting)

    Horseshoe Island Park Foot of Quinpool Road overlooking the Northwest Arm, Halifax, NS, Canada

    Tashlich (תשליך) is a ritual observed by many Jews during Rosh HaShanah. Tashlich means "casting off" in Hebrew and involves symbolically casting off the sins of the previous year by tossing pieces of bread or another food into a body of flowing water. Just as the water carries away the bits of bread, so too…