kaparot

English

Noun

kaparot (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of kapparot.
    • 2018 September 18, “Ahead of Yom Kippur, ultra-Orthodox Jews cast out sins with chickens and water”, in Reuters‎[1]:
      Waving chickens above their heads, ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel performed the ritual of "kaparot" ahead of Yom Kippur, the most sacred day of the Jewish calendar, which begins at sundown on Tuesday.
    • 2024 October 17, “The week in 36 photos”, in CNN‎[2]:
      An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man swings a chicken over his child’s head in Bnei Brak, Israel, on Thursday, October 10. It was part of the Kaparot ritual a day before the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur.
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