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11-OCT-2005 Danny Yanai

Waving the chicken over the believers head, Mea Shearim, Jerusal

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Waving the chicken over the believers head, to colect the sins. Mea Shearim, Jerusalem, Israel
Kaparot, an aged old Jewish tradition were a chicken is waved over the believer’s head, reliving the person from all sins which are passed on to the chicken. The chicken is slaughtered and at times given to charity.

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