Water and Judaism

reservoir in Jerusalem

mythologic bottomless pit

thumb|200px|Holiday card depicting Tashlikh (early 20th century) Tashlikh or Tashlich ( "cast off") is an customary Jewish atonement ritual performed during the High Holy Days on Rosh Hashanah for Ashkenazi Jews. In some Judaeo-Spanish-speaking communities the practice is referred to as sakudirse las faldas ('to shake the flaps [of clothing]') or simply as faldas.

ancient reservoirs near Bethlehem, Palestine

trial by ordeal administered to the wife whose husband suspected her of adultery but who had no witnesses to make a formal case

historical wells at Beersheba

Rivers described in Genesis

Biblical location