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0 Culture Holidays

10 Surprising Jewish Traditions You’ve Never Heard Of | Explained

Unpacked · 23 Oct

Jewish traditions encompass a rich tapestry of unique and often unexpected customs that have been cherished through generations.

0 Holidays Jewish Law

Seriously, Fellow Jews: Stop Swinging Live Chickens Around Your Head.

Forward · 26 Sep 2017

The article discusses the Jewish ritual of Kapparot, where a chicken is waved around one's head as a form of atonement.

0 Communities Jewish Law

Can a Court Really Ban Kapparot and Why it Matters for the American Jewish Community

Michael Helfand in Lehrhaus · 23 Oct 2016

The legality and constitutionality of the traditional live-chicken version of the kapparot ritual, often performed by some members of the Jewish community, is being challenged in a federal case in California by an animal rights group, United Poultry Concerns.

0 Holidays Culture

How To Get Right With God This Yom Kippur

Forward · 7 Oct 2016

As Yom Kippur approaches, traditions for getting right with God include tossing bread into water to symbolize sin washing away, abstaining from physical pleasures, swinging a chicken in a ritual of atonement, wearing white to signify purity, making amends with others, and kneeling before the Ark during prayers.

0 Culture Politics

Law and Order Ep. 9

Unorthodox · 24 Sep 2015

This episode of Unorthodox addresses a range of contentious and thought-provoking topics, from Ann Coulter's inflammatory comments about Jews to the controversial Jewish ritual of Kapparot involving chickens.

0 Jewish Law Communities

Kapparot Gets Green Light as New York Judge Quashes Suit

Forward · 16 Sep 2015

A New York state Supreme Court judge has allowed the Yom Kippur ritual of kapparot to proceed by ruling that there is insufficient evidence to prove it is a public nuisance.

0 Holidays Jewish Law

A Brief History of a Fowl Custom

Shlomo M. Brody in Tablet · 1 Oct 2014

Kapparot, a folk custom originating from the early medieval period, involves waving a chicken over one's head, symbolically transferring sins before its slaughter.