Hasidic Rabbi Holds Tashlikh Ceremony on Ashdod Beach

The Rebbe of Krachnef, accompanied by his followers, performed the Tashlikh prayer ceremony on the segregated beach in Ashdod. Ahead of the event, young followers prepared a blue carpet to honor their leader. The Rebbe sat facing the sea, with a royal table set before him, adorned with an embroidered tablecloth, and recited the Tashlikh prayers while his followers surrounded him.

Tashlikh is a customary Jewish penitential rite performed annually on Rosh Hashanah, where Jews symbolically cast away their sins by the water. The Krachnef Hasidic dynasty is a branch of Hasidic Judaism.