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Kapparot
Sign in to savethumb|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.
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- Etymology
- Practice
- Using a rooster
- Using money
- Sources
- Historical controversy
- Animal cruelty controversy
- See also
- References
- External links
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.
==Etymology== thumb|right|200px|Lithograph of Kapparot, late 19th/early 20th century (), the singular of , means "atonement" and comes from the Semitic root , which means 'to cover'.
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