'We ask for fairness,' says Chabad of Bedford, after being denied park permit for Tashlich

(JNS)— It’s literally a rite of passage, or at least, a rite. For the past five years, Chabad of Bedford in Bedford Corners, N.Y., has held Tashlich in Leonard Park in the nearby village of Mount Kisco, N.Y.

This year, however, the Jewish center, which has been directed by Rabbi Arik and Sara Wolf for 22 years—they arrived in 2003—has been denied a permit to use the public property for the Rosh Hashanah tradition, scheduled for Sept. 23.

The Tashlich ceremony is one where Jews gather to “cast off” their sins, typically throwing pieces of bread or some pebbles into a body of water that preferab...