Ukraine: Jewish New Year in Uman - 2008

UKRAINE, Uman, 2008/09..One of the most intensive moments of Rosh Hashanah takes place during "Tashlich" or "casting off'", when thousands of Hasidic pilgrims gather around a lake to pray and to symbolically "cast their sins into the sea." Rosh Hashanah is a time for personal introspection and prayer..© Cyril Horiszny / EST&OST