Kaparot ("atonements") is a disputed ancient Jewish ritual to save oneself from a harsh Heavenly decree

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Kaparot ("atonements") is a disputed ancient Jewish ritual to save oneself from a harsh Heavenly decree by it being effected on another object. Vegetables, fish, money, and most commonly a Chicken has been used throughout the centuries, The service is performed by grasping the object and moving it around one's head three times, symbolically transferring one's sins to the object. The chicken is then slaughtered

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