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User ID: 24400282 Israel 09/25/2012 04:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The Halachic Yom Kippur Ritual of Atonement Through Kaparot by Lior Rozenman Why is this religious Jew cutting a chicken's throat? Kaparot is an ancient ritual of atonement for Yom Kippur. Though it can be held anytime between the ten days of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, it most commonly is done at the outset of Yom Kippur, the last of the ten Days of Awe period of the high holidays in the Jewish religious tradition. The ritual itself is simple enough: a chicken is waved over one’s head three times while the slaughterer recites a specific prayer. The chicken is slaughtered in accordance with halachic religious procedure, after which the monetary worth of the chicken is donated to the poor; today the chicken itself is donated to a charitable cause. Read more at: [ link to www.thejerusalemgiftshop.com] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 16837293 Canada 09/25/2012 04:16 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The Halachic Yom Kippur Ritual of Atonement Through Kaparot although it's good that the poor dead chicken is given to the poor, the whole notion that somehow "god" is appeased by this is a truly revolting idea, pathetic and infantile... |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 24378654 United Kingdom 09/25/2012 04:34 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The Halachic Yom Kippur Ritual of Atonement Through Kaparot although it's good that the poor dead chicken is given to the poor, the whole notion that somehow "god" is appeased by this is a truly revolting idea, pathetic and infantile...
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 16837293 +1 |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1256231 United States 09/25/2012 04:44 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The Halachic Yom Kippur Ritual of Atonement Through Kaparot
although it's good that the poor dead chicken is given to the poor, the whole notion that somehow "god" is appeased by this is a truly revolting idea, pathetic and infantile...
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 16837293 God has nothing to do with it... use common sense. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 24307948 United States 09/25/2012 04:47 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The Halachic Yom Kippur Ritual of Atonement Through Kaparot Come to Jesus, Israel, your time is running out.
Waving a chicken over your head is absurd... |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 17090286 United States 09/25/2012 04:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The Halachic Yom Kippur Ritual of Atonement Through Kaparot Come to Jesus, Israel, your time is running out.
Waving a chicken over your head is absurd...
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 24307948 Better than fucking it in your barn. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 24365349 United States 09/25/2012 05:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The Halachic Yom Kippur Ritual of Atonement Through Kaparot
although it's good that the poor dead chicken is given to the poor, the whole notion that somehow "god" is appeased by this is a truly revolting idea, pathetic and infantile...
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 16837293 +1 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 24378654 Yes it's much better to mindlessly eat chicken. |