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The Custom of Tashlikh is Designed to Appease the Devil

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In the short time I have before rosh hashana, I saw in Rabbi Moshe Tzuriel's Hebrew commentary on agadot found at Hebrew books several explanations to
the confounding of the Satan, by our additional shofar blowings (Talmud, Rosh hashana 16b)
Abarbanel holds here the Satan means the internal evil inclination (commentary to Vaykira ch. 23)
Rama's opinion in Torat HaOlah 3: Ch.57 Satan here is a nickname for evil philosophies that hold the world has no purpose or existed forever.
Rashi holds that when Satan the accuser sees our additional blowings it is an indication how we much we love the commandments and this quiets his accusation
Rabbi Pinchas Halevi Horovitz adds that the accuser Satan is afraid we will reach the level of love where our love turns sins into merits, so he stops his accusations to make it less easy to reach that higher level.

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 Maybe connected

Vegetarian Kaparot

Rashi, Shabbat 81b, s.v. Hai Parpisa quotes from a responsum of the Geonim a minhag to plant legumes in a pot 22-25 days prior to Rosh HaShanah. On Erev Rosh HaShanah each member of the household takes their pot and waves it over their head seven times stating that "this should be an exchange for this" (implying that the iniquities are transferred to the sprout). The pot is then thrown into the river.

This minhag is significant for numerous reasons. First, by using a plant instead of a chicken, one can avoid the practical problems associated with kaparot. Second, this minhag is performed on Erev Rosh HaShanah as opposed to Erev Yom Kippur (or Aseret Yemei Teshuva). Third, this minhag seems to be the precursor to both kaparot and tashlich.

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