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_be_eliminated_from_kapparot_ceremonies_20090925  Kapparot is a
ceremony preceding Yom Kippur in which many Orthodox Jews,
especially in the Hasidic world, swing chickens around their
heads while reciting a chant about transferring their sins
symbolically onto the bird: "This is my exchange, my substitute,
my atonement. This rooster (or hen) shall go to its death, but I
shall go to a good, long life, and to peace."  Recipient email:
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