Chicken-Waving Ceremony To Cleanse Your Sins

- The Kaparot (literally means “atonement”) is a Jewish ritual takes place one day before Yom Kippur. The person swings a live chicken or a bundle of coins over one’s head three times while reciting specific verses from the Mahzor. The practice is meant to transfer one’s sin to the chicken. The chicken is then slaughtered and donated to the poor.