Tossing Sins
On Rosh Hashanah, what we do
Is throw our sins away.
We save them up all year, but then
One day we have to pay.
A piece of bread (or else a rock)
Is used to represent
Whatever things we’ve said or done
That we’ve come to lament.
Some moving water is required –
A river, stream or sea
And into this we toss our sins –
At least, symbolically.
Then hopefully our slate is clean.
Some prayers we do impart
So we can face the coming year
With what’s a fresh new start.
If only we could take our fears,
Our worries and our stress
And make them likewise disappear –
What joy we would possess!
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