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Some avoid eating nuts during this holiday because the gematria of the word for nuts is equal to that of the word for sin. Immediately after this holiday, the Avinu Malkeinu prayer (-5[1])is recited at the beginning of the Ten Days of Repentance. The Book of Micah (15[1])originated a ritual in this holiday during which bread crumbs are thrown into a body of water (0[1])to cast away sins, the tashlich. (15[1])(*) Apples dipped in honey are eaten and shofars are blown during this holiday. This holiday on the first of Tishrei is the first of the High Holy Days, nine days before Yom Kippur. For 10 points, name this holiday that commemorates the Jewish New Year. ■END■

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