Halachic Issues & Tashlich
Tashlich is an Ashkenazi custom on Rosh Hashana. As with many customs, tashlich runs the risk of violating certain Yom Tov prohibitions. In this shiur with Rabbi Dovid Fink survey the issues that arise around tashlich and the opinions of the principal poskim.
Halachic Issues & Tashlich: Halachic Issues & Tashlich
The Ashkenazi minhag of Tashlich raises a number of halachic issues.
Some posekim oppose the minhag entirely. Others permit or encourage it, but are unhappy with certain specific practices.
In this class, we will survey the sources dealing with the origins of Tashlich, those who oppose it and those who encourage it, and the specific prohibitions that apply while performing the minhag.
A source sheet is available through the links in both WORD format and pdf. In class we will translate and explain the sources.
In addition to being one of Rabbi Brovender's first students, Rabbi Dovid Fink is an outstanding expertﾠand teacher of Halacha. Rabbi Fink received his Rabbinic ordination from ITRI and the Mir and was awarded his Ph.D in Semitic Languages and Linguistics from Yale University. Rav Fink has taught thousands of students from all over the world for over 35 years.