Posted: 03 Sep 2013 06:39 PM PDT
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Tashlich prayer on the Brooklyn Bridge, 1909. The Near Year prayer is traditionally said at a body of water where the worshipper "casts" his/her sins |
Israel Daily Picture normally focuses on pictures of the Holy Land in the Library of Congress archives' American Colony collection. In honor of Rosh Hashanna, we present pictures of the holiday in New York City, taken in the early 1900s by George Bain and also housed in the Library of Congress archives.
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Jewish boy in prayer shawl on Rosh Hashanna (1911) |
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