Reverse Tashlich

Join ENGAJ and Repair the World for a meaningful mitzvah, and service opportunity connected to Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year. We'll meet at the Baylands in Palo Alto, and provide all the supplies to help clean the shoreline of trash and litter.

Reverse Tashlich is an innovative approach to Jewish environmental stewardship. In the ritual of Tashlich on Rosh HaShanah, we go to a body of water and symbolically cast our "sins" into the water to begin the New Year with a clean heart. With Reverse Tashlich, we’re turning symbolism into action by removing human "sin" from the water.

Reverse Tashlich provides an opportunity to come together and engage in a hands-on effort to clean up our beaches, rivers, and shorelines, removing the plastic, trash, and other debris that threaten marine ecosystems and our planet's health.

This is our chance to not only reflect on our responsibility as stewards of the Earth, but also to act. The Mitzvah of Bal Tashchit is the Jewish prohibition against needless waste and destruction. By removing the waste we have allowed to accumulate, we can protect marine life and the very ecosystems that are essential for life on Earth to survive, while also fulfilling a Mitzvah.
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Meet at Adobe Creek Loop Trail 3803 East Bayshore Road at 10:30am.
Parking available along East Bayshore Road or 1001 Elwell Court, Palo Alto**