Tashlich at the Lily Pond
Jewish New Year Cards

Folded Jewish New Year greeting card (fold at top) printed on carbon-neutral environmentally-friendly white cardstock. This acrylic painting was inspired by Monet's paintings of his garden at Giverny; it depicts a lily pond during tashlich. Look closely, you will some bread crumbs floating in the water. Tashlich, which literally translates to "casting off," is a ceremony performed on the afternoon of the first day of Rosh Hashanah. During this ceremony, Jews symbolically cast off the sins of the previous year by tossing bread crumbs into flowing water. During this ritual, people think of things they've done wrong in the past year and then "throw them away," promising for improvement in the coming year.