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Israel News Images Israel News Photos and Israel News Pictures of Kapparos ceremony in Israel. Kapparos or Kaparot atonements is a traditional Jewish religious ritual that takes place on the eve of Yom Kippur. Classically, it is performed by grasping a live chicken by the shoulder blades and moving around one\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s head three times, symbolically transferring one\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s sins to the chicken. The chicken is then slaughtered and donated to the poor, preferably eaten at the pre-Yom Kippur fast.[1] Preferably, a man should use a rooster, and a woman should use a hen for the ritual.In modern times, Kapparos is performed in the traditional form mostly in Haredi communities. Members of other communities tend to perform this ritual with charity money substituted for the chicken, swung over one\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s head in similar fashion.The ritual is preceded by the reading of Psalms 107:17-20 and Job 33:23-24.As the chicken (or money) is swung about the head, the following paragraph is traditionally recited three times: This is my exchange, this is my substitute, this is my atonement. This rooster (hen) will go to its death / This money will go to charity, while I will enter and proceed to a good long life and to peace. All photos by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye
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Kaparot in Israel for Yom Kippur
Israelis practice Kaparot in the streets of Ashkelon, Israel on Sunday October 5, 2008. Kaparot is an ancient and mystical custom connected to the Jewish Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur. It can be performed anytime between Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur, but most often it is performed just after dawn on the day before Yom Kippur. The original form of the kaparot ceremony involves taking a chicken (a white rooster for a male, hen for a female) and waving it over one’s head while reciting this prayer: \
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Israelis practice Kaparot in the streets of Ashkelon, Israel on Sunday October 5, 2008. Kaparot is an ancient and mystical custom connected to the Jewish Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur. It can be performed anytime between Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur, but most often it is performed just after dawn on the day before Yom Kippur. The original form of the kaparot ceremony involves taking a chicken (a white rooster for a male, hen for a female) and waving it over one’s head while reciting this prayer: \
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Kaparot in Israel for Yom Kippur
Israelis practice Kaparot in the streets of Ashkelon, Israel on Sunday October 5, 2008. Kaparot is an ancient and mystical custom connected to the Jewish Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur. It can be performed anytime between Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur, but most often it is performed just after dawn on the day before Yom Kippur. The original form of the kaparot ceremony involves taking a chicken (a white rooster for a male, hen for a female) and waving it over one’s head while reciting this prayer: \
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Israelis practice Kaparot in the streets of Ashkelon, Israel on Sunday October 5, 2008. Kaparot is an ancient and mystical custom connected to the Jewish Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur. It can be performed anytime between Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur, but most often it is performed just after dawn on the day before Yom Kippur. The original form of the kaparot ceremony involves taking a chicken (a white rooster for a male, hen for a female) and waving it over one’s head while reciting this prayer: \
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Israelis practice Kaparot in the streets of Ashkelon, Israel on Sunday October 5, 2008. Kaparot is an ancient and mystical custom connected to the Jewish Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur. It can be performed anytime between Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur, but most often it is performed just after dawn on the day before Yom Kippur. The original form of the kaparot ceremony involves taking a chicken (a white rooster for a male, hen for a female) and waving it over one’s head while reciting this prayer: \
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Israelis practice Kaparot in the streets of Ashkelon, Israel on Sunday October 5, 2008. Kaparot is an ancient and mystical custom connected to the Jewish Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur. It can be performed anytime between Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur, but most often it is performed just after dawn on the day before Yom Kippur. The original form of the kaparot ceremony involves taking a chicken (a white rooster for a male, hen for a female) and waving it over one’s head while reciting this prayer: \
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Israelis practice Kaparot in the streets of Ashkelon, Israel on Sunday October 5, 2008. Kaparot is an ancient and mystical custom connected to the Jewish Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur. It can be performed anytime between Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur, but most often it is performed just after dawn on the day before Yom Kippur. The original form of the kaparot ceremony involves taking a chicken (a white rooster for a male, hen for a female) and waving it over one’s head while reciting this prayer: \
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Israelis practice Kaparot in the streets of Ashkelon, Israel on Sunday October 5, 2008. Kaparot is an ancient and mystical custom connected to the Jewish Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur. It can be performed anytime between Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur, but most often it is performed just after dawn on the day before Yom Kippur. The original form of the kaparot ceremony involves taking a chicken (a white rooster for a male, hen for a female) and waving it over one’s head while reciting this prayer: \
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Israelis practice Kaparot in the streets of Ashkelon, Israel on Sunday October 5, 2008. Kaparot is an ancient and mystical custom connected to the Jewish Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur. It can be performed anytime between Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur, but most often it is performed just after dawn on the day before Yom Kippur. The original form of the kaparot ceremony involves taking a chicken (a white rooster for a male, hen for a female) and waving it over one’s head while reciting this prayer: \
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Israelis practice Kaparot in the streets of Ashkelon, Israel on Sunday October 5, 2008. Kaparot is an ancient and mystical custom connected to the Jewish Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur. It can be performed anytime between Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur, but most often it is performed just after dawn on the day before Yom Kippur. The original form of the kaparot ceremony involves taking a chicken (a white rooster for a male, hen for a female) and waving it over one’s head while reciting this prayer: \
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