15th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest People
Kaparot (symbolic "atonement")
Kaparot (symbolic "atonement") is a Jewish rite before Yom Kippur (the holiest day in Judaisme). The rite consists of waving a chicken over one's head 3 times while reciting the appropriate text, and after slaughtered is donated to charitable cause.
Photo Detail
| Date Taken: | 09.2015 |
| Date Uploaded: | 11.2017 |
| Photo Location: | Bnei-Brak, Israel |
| Copyright: | © Hezy Holzman |