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kapparah

American

[kah-pah-rah, kah-paw-ruh] / kɑ pɑˈrɑ, kɑˈpɔ rə /

noun

Hebrew.

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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noun

Etymology

Origin of kapparah

kappārāh literally, atonement

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