kaparot

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A form of kapparot — A customary atonement ritual practised by Orthodox Jews on the eve of Yom Kippur, involving the waving of money or a chicken over a person's head before it is donated to charity or to feed the hungry.

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nounkaparot (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of kapparot.

    An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man swings a chicken over his child’s head in Bnei Brak, Israel, on Thursday, October 10. It was part of the Kaparot ritual a day before the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur.

    2024 October 17, “The week in 36 photos”, in CNN
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    Waving chickens above their heads, ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel performed the ritual of "kaparot" ahead of Yom Kippur, the most sacred day of the Jewish calendar, which begins at sundown on Tuesday.

    2018 September 18, “Ahead of Yom Kippur, ultra-Orthodox Jews cast out sins with chickens and water”, in Reuters
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