Every year, before Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement), some Jews perform the ceremony of kapparot. The following, in question and answer format, is a discussion of the ritual and its relation to the ...

It’s 5777, and it’s time to change the conversation about Kapparot. Next week, in the day or two before we observe Yom Kippur, we’ll hear about or participate in the long-standing Jewish folk ...

Every year some stalwart traditional Jews in LA observe the Yom Kippur custom of kapparot, and every year there are completely justifiable protests and public revulsion in response. This year is no ...

The Alliance to End Chickens as Kaporos has fought for years to end the practice to no avail. Now they do outreach to educate Jews about the ritual make sure it is done as humanely as possible. Ahead ...

Yeshivat Kissei Rachamim head Rabbi Meir Mazuz made clear during his weekly lesson that it is preferable to observe the Kapparotcustom with money rather than chickens. Kapparot involves gently passing ...

For some 1,000 years, many Jews have observed the same ritual every Yom Kippur Eve — waving a chicken over their head. The practice is called kapparot (atonements) in Hebrew and "shluggen kappores" in ...

Between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, makeshift chicken coops appear on the streets and sidewalks of Hasidic Brooklyn neighborhoods like Borough Park and Williamsburg, dedicated to the ritual ...

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The Environmental Protection Ministry on Monday issued a fresh call for religious Jews who practice the “kapparot” ceremony to instead donate money ahead of Yom Kippur, which begins the next evening.

A campaign by the Ministry of Agriculture against the “kapparot” (or kaporos) custom of twirling chickens in the air and slaughtering them on Yom Kippur Eve in order to atone for sins has met ...