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kapparah

[ Sephardic Hebrew kah-pah-rah; Ashkenazic Hebrew kah-paw-ruh ]

noun

Hebrew.
plural kapparoth, kapparot kapparos
  1. a ritual performed by some Orthodox Jews before Yom Kippur that consists of swinging a fowl around the head and reciting prayers that symbolically transfer the person's sins to the fowl.


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Origin of kapparah1

°ì²¹±è±èÄå°ùÄå³ó literally, atonement
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The caption said the photograph depicted the practice of kapparah but offered no explanation of the practice.

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The custom of kapparah, dating back more than 500 years, is practiced only by ultra-Orthodox Jews.

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