kapparah
noun
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.
kapparot
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pluralof kapparah.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Many also have the custom to make donations for kapparot, a form of ritual atonement otherwise performed by slaughtering a chicken ahead of Yom Kippur.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2023
Pease said kapparot participants used some type of liquid to spray protesters over a fence that divided them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2019
An Irvine synagogue has been sued several times since 2015 in connection with kapparot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2019
In a 2017 lawsuit, Pease argued that in practicing kapparot and charging people for the service of killing chickens, the Chabad of Irvine violated California’s unfair competition law.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2019
Regardless of animal cruelty allegations, he said, kapparot is illegal because synagogues don’t dispose of the chickens properly and aren’t using the animals for consumption.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2019
