Orthodox Jews wave chickens over heads to purge them of sins ahead of Yom Kippur, or 'day of atonement'.

Record ID: 84430

  • Title: Orthodox Jews wave chickens over heads to purge them of sins ahead of Yom Kippur, or 'day of atonement'.
  • Date: 10th October 2016
  • Summary: VARIOUS OF ULTRA ORTHODOX JEWS DANCING IN CIRCLE WHILE CHANTING
  • Embargoed: 25th October 2016 12:31
  • Keywords: Israel Jerusalem Yom Kippur Jewish holidays
  • Location: JERUSALEM/TEL AVIV, ISRAEL
  • City: JERUSALEM/TEL AVIV, ISRAEL
  • Country: Israel
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
  • Reuters ID: LVA00253F9EFB
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  • Story Text: Waving chickens over their heads or emptying their pockets into a river are just some of the rituals Jews carry out ahead of the holiest day of the year, Yom Kippur.
    Traditionally, Orthodox Jews perform rituals to cleanse themselves from sins ahead of Yom Kippur, or 'day of atonement', which begins Tuesday (October 11) at sundown.
    In Jerusalem's ultra-Orthodox neighbourhood of Mea Shearim, people took part in a custom called 'Kapparot'. Traditionally, Orthodox Jews believe that by waving a live chicken over their head, it will purge them of their sins by symbolically passing them onto the animal.
    In Tel Aviv, some orthodox Jews performed the 'Tashlich' ceremony where people empty their pockets into a running source of water, symbolically casting their sins out to the sea.
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