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On the banks of the Farmington River in Windsor Monday, several dozen people gathered as part of the celebration of the Jewish new year, Rosh Hashanah. After praying and singing, the group took part in a tradition in which pieces of bread are cast into moving water threw pieces of bread into the river, symbolically casting away sins, transgressions, unworthy thoughts and purifying their hearts as the new year begins. (Matt Dwyer/WTIC Photo)

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On the banks of the Farmington River in Windsor Monday, several dozen people gathered as part of the celebration of the Jewish new year, Rosh Hashanah. After praying and singing, the group took part in a tradition in which pieces of bread are cast into moving water threw pieces of bread into the river, symbolically casting away sins, transgressions, unworthy thoughts and purifying their hearts as the new year begins. (Matt Dwyer/WTIC Photo)

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On the banks of the Farmington River in Windsor Monday, several dozen people gathered as part of the celebration of the Jewish new year, Rosh Hashanah. After praying and singing, the group took part in a tradition in which pieces of bread are cast into moving water threw pieces of bread into the river, symbolically casting away sins, transgressions, unworthy thoughts and purifying their hearts as the new year begins. (Matt Dwyer/WTIC Photo)

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On the banks of the Farmington River in Windsor Monday, several dozen people gathered as part of the celebration of the Jewish new year, Rosh Hashanah. After praying and singing, the group took part in a tradition in which pieces of bread are cast into moving water threw pieces of bread into the river, symbolically casting away sins, transgressions, unworthy thoughts and purifying their hearts as the new year begins. (Matt Dwyer/WTIC Photo)

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On the banks of the Farmington River in Windsor Monday, several dozen people gathered as part of the celebration of the Jewish new year, Rosh Hashanah. After praying and singing, the group took part in a tradition in which pieces of bread are cast into moving water threw pieces of bread into the river, symbolically casting away sins, transgressions, unworthy thoughts and purifying their hearts as the new year begins. (Matt Dwyer/WTIC Photo)