During the Days of Awe, the time between Jewish communities around the world gathered near rivers, lakes, and oceans for Tashlich — a ritual of symbolically casting our sins into flowing water. It’s a moment of accountability and transformation, inviting us to reflect on where we’ve fallen short over the past year — and what we must do differently moving forward. Tashlich calls us to more than private guilt and repentance. It demands that we name the harm, turn from it and commit to repair. This ritual, when truly lived, doesn’t end at the water’s edge, but reverberates throughout one’s future thoughts and actions.

This past weekend, I joined a Tashlich gathering held by my local Jewish Voice for Peace pod (JVP NoCo), where a deep current ran beneath the reflections shared by the Poudre R

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