Kaporos—A Story for Yom Kippur by Sholem Aleichem
ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – The word “Kaporos” is a Hebrew word which refers to an old religious custom among the Jews, the ritual of the scapegoat. The ritual of Kaporos is performed in the home before the eve of Yom Kippur. A live chicken is held by its feet and turned round and round over one’s head, while a prayer beginning with the words “Let this be my scapegoat” is recited. The idea behind this ritual is that the person’s sins are somehow transferred to the chicken. After the saying of the prayer the fowl is thrown under the table as a sign that the sins have been thrust…
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