Kaparot

If we were destined to be the recipients of harsh decrees in the new year, may they be transferred to this chicken in the merit of this mitzvah of charity....

Some have the custom of performing the rite of kapparot [symbolic atonement] on the day preceding Yom Kippur; if it is not possible to do so then, the rite may be performed earlier. The rite consists of taking a chicken in one's hand and reciting a ...

"How I do kaparot?" repeated Rabbi Elimelech. "I do what everyone else does. I hold the rooster in one hand, the prayer book in the other, and recite: This is my exchange, this is in my stead, this is my atonement..."

In the early morning hours of the day preceding Yom Kippur, the Kaparot ("Atonement") ceremony is performed. We take a live chicken (a rooster for a male and a hen for a female) and, circling it three times above our heads, we declare: "This is my ...

At dawn or early in the morning before Yom Kippur, take a live chicken, fish or money which will then be given to charity and recite...

Kapores is a custom carried out the day before Yom Kippur. Some say during the evening proceeding. What is this custom all about?

The somber "kaparot" rite reminds us of the fragility of life