Kapparot and Parts of 11,000 Chickens
Feb 2nd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | no comment »Kapparot is a custom performed by some Jews before Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.
A live chicken is swung around and above a person’s head and moved in a circle three times.
A prayer is said and the person’s sins are transferred to the chicken which is then slaughtered and has its meat donated to the poor. Not the poor chicken.
A group in Ramapo did the deed with 11,000 chickens.
