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A Jew in Israel ready to perform kapparot with a live chicken. Kaparot ( , "atonements"; Ashkenazi pronunciation , Kapparos ) is a disputed ancient Jewish ritual to save oneself from a harsh Heavenly decree by it being effected on another object. Vegetables, fish, money, and other objects have been used throughout the centuries, and this is done on the eve of Yom Kippur .1The service is performed by grasping the object and moving it around one's head three times, symbolically transferring one's sins to the object.2The object is then slaughtered or donated to the poor, preferably eaten at the pre- Yom Kippur feast. If one is using a chicken, 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 perform it with charity money substituted for the chicken, swung over one's head in similar fashion. There is an ancient and little known tradition of Egyptian Jewry to use plant life. Other Orthodox Jews simply prefer to not participate in the custom. The ritual is preceded by the reading of Psalms 107:17–20 and Job 33:23–24 . As the object 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. Shulchan Aruch Rama O.C. 605:1 This website offers a fuller exposition of the Kapparot history, including an interesting Shulkhan Arukh manuscript not mentioned here.3
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Kapparot ritual on the eve of Yom Kippur Kapparot ( , Ashkenazi pronunciation , Kapporois , Kappores ) is a Jewish ritual practiced by some Jews on the eve of Yom Kippur .The person swings a live chicken or a bundle of coins over one's head three times, symbolically transferring one's sins to the chicken or coins.The chicken is then slaughtered and donated to the poor for consumption at the pre-fast meal.
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Customary atonement ritual practiced by some Jews on the eve of Yom Kippur Kapparot ritual on the eve of Yom Kippur Kapparot ( , Ashkenazi transliteration : Kapporois , Kappores ) is a customary atonement ritual practiced by some Jews on the eve of Yom Kippur .This is a practice in which a chicken or money is waved over a person's head and the chicken is then slaughtered in accordance with halachic rules.
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Atonement ritual practiced by Orthodox Jews Kapparot ritual on the eve of Yom Kippur Kapparot ( , Ashkenazi transliteration : Kapporois , Kapores ) is a customary atonement ritual practiced by some Orthodox Jews on the eve of Yom Kippur .This is a practice in which either money is waved over a person's head and then donated to charity, or else a chicken is waved over the head and then slaughtered in accordance with halachic rules and donated to the hungry.
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Atonement ritual practiced by Orthodox Jews Kapparot ritual on the eve of Yom Kippur Kapparot ( Hebrew : כפרות , Ashkenazi transliteration : Kapporois , Kapores ) is a customary atonement ritual practiced by some Orthodox Jews on the eve of Yom Kippur . This is a practice in which either money is waved over a person's head to try and transfer the sins of the person and then donated to charity, or else a chicken is waved over the head to try and transfer said person's sins and then slaughtered in accordance with halachic rules and donated to the hungry.
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customary atonement ritual practiced by some orthodox jews on the eve of yom kippur
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