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An ultra-Orthodox Jew swings a chicken over a woman head during Kaparot in Jerusalem September 18, 2004. Kaparot is an ancient custom connected to the Jewish Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, where white chickens are slaughtered as a symbolic gesture of atonement. The slaughtered chickens are then donated to the poor.
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An ultra-Orthodox Jew swings a chicken over a woman head during Kaparot in Jerusalem September 18, 2004. Kaparot is an ancient custom connected to the Jewish Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, where white chickens are slaughtered as a symbolic gesture of atonement. The slaughtered chickens are then donated to the poor.