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Ziz
thumb|300px|Clockwise from left: Behemoth (on earth), Ziz (in sky), and [[Leviathan (under sea). From an illuminated manuscript, 13th century AD.]]
The Ziz () is a giant griffin-like bird in Jewish mythology, said to be large enough to be able to block out the sun with its wingspan.
unclean animal
animal whose handling and/or consumption is considered taboo in a given religion
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Kapparot
thumb|Kapparot ritual on the eve of Yom Kippur
Kapparot (, Ashkenazi transliteration: , ) 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, or a chicken is waved over the head and then slaughtered in accordance with halachic rules.
Jewish vegetarianism
Vegetarianism among followers of Judaism
Symbolic chickens
living creatures
Class of heavenly beings described in the prophet Ezekiel's vision