16th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest People
A Hasidic Child at the Margins of a Kapparot Ritual
Kapparot (symbolic "atonement") rite consists of waving a chicken over one's head while reciting the appropriate text, and is done before Yom Kippur (the holiest day in Judaism).
Photo Detail
| Date Taken: | 09.2017 |
| Date Uploaded: | 11.2018 |
| Photo Location: | Bnei-Brak, Israel |
| Copyright: | © Hezy Holzman |
Awards
| Photo of the Day: 12.05.18 |
| Editor's Pick |