Kapparos - Chicken or Money

So let's try to back up and get to the Mekoros, as we said in the Rishonim.

The first mention of Tashlech is in the Maharil.

The Maharil says, "Im emari segal ma she noge'in leilech b'Rosh Hashana achar ha suddah." So the Maharil says that the time to do Tashlech was after the suddah.

He says, "Why? Why do we do Tashlech?" He says, "Mi sham de'isa b'madre zecher la'akedah." He says it's a zechor to the Akedah.

That what? She'av Avraham Avinu b'nar al tavaroi.

Avraham Avinu went on the way to the Akedah, which we know.

We're, was, we mention the Akedah many times throughout davening as a zechor for us.

So Avraham Avinu went, and he, and the Satan made a river, and he ended up, up to his neck in water.

V'hamei shi Hashem kibor mei madnefesh, and it was the Satan.

And mimeila, that's why we say Tashlech, to be a reminder to the Mesirus Nefesh of Avraham Avinu, and mimeila we go to a river.

Now, he does feirais, and he says that we go there l'haslech es chatatainu, to throw our averus into the river, whatever that means.

But he is, and he says that he does it before Mincha.

But it's zicha implying from the Maharil that it, it, it, um, that the yisod is al zecher la'akedah.

But the Maharil has nothing to do with throwing your averus into the water.

He does mention it.

He does mention it, but the ikar dagash that he puts is on that.

The Ma'adamotian, Siman Taf Taf Chaf says He brings Taka this Yesod, that the Satan tried to stop Avraham Avinu.

Avraham Avinu didn't listen, so he made a river, and Memela, he, he, he, he had to daven, and he said, "Ashinu ekibo ma'im ad nefesh," and HaKadosh Baruch Hu was guarded by Satan, and he brings the Medus.

And he says, "That's why we go." He says, "Va'agav zeh, roim dogim chai." Okay, very nice.

So you go to the river.

Now, what does that have to do with the fish? So he says an interesting zach, "Lefi she'onim nimsholim ki dogim chai malalu, she'nech zu b'mitzu- b'pisaim b'metsudah." Our life is like fish.

We're really in a trap.

Um, "Ve'al nim agav tashiv te'achameinu." And then once we do that, we ask Hashem to have rachmanus on us.

So it seems like from the way the Matamash is bringing it down, is there's a three-part system.

We go to the river to remind the Atzasecha to the Akedah.