20150922 Yom Kippur
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A father performs the Jewish ritual of Kapparot on his son on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, swinging a live rooster above his head for atonement of sins before God and purification. After the sins are passed on to the rooster it is butchered for eating. Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year in Judaism. Practitioners traditionally observe this holy day with an approximate 25 hour period of fasting and intensive prayer.
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man heatedly debates animal rights with activists protesting the butchering of chicken for the Jewish ritual of Kapparot on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Kapparot is the swinging of a live chicken above one's head for atonement of sins before God and purification. After the sins are passed on to the chicken it is butchered for eating. Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year in Judaism. Practitioners traditionally observe this holy day with an approximate 25 hour period of fasting and intensive prayer.
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man heatedly debates animal rights with activists protesting the butchering of chicken for the Jewish ritual of Kapparot on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Kapparot is the swinging of a live chicken above one's head for atonement of sins before God and purification. After the sins are passed on to the chicken it is butchered for eating. Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year in Judaism. Practitioners traditionally observe this holy day with an approximate 25 hour period of fasting and intensive prayer.
Children hit the empty streets with their bikes, scooters and roller-blades on Yom Kippur which is celebrated as a national bicycle day in secular neighborhoods while Jewish practitioners traditionally observe this holy day with an approximate 25 hour period of fasting and intensive prayer. Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year in Judaism.
A father performs the Jewish ritual of Kapparot on his son on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, swinging a live rooster above his head for atonement of sins before God and purification. After the sins are passed on to the rooster it is butchered for eating. Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year in Judaism. Practitioners traditionally observe this holy day with an approximate 25 hour period of fasting and intensive prayer.
A mother performs the Jewish ritual of Kapparot on her daughter on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, swinging a live chicken above her head for atonement of sins before God and purification. After the sins are passed on to the chicken it is butchered for eating. Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year in Judaism. Practitioners traditionally observe this holy day with an approximate 25 hour period of fasting and intensive prayer.
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man heatedly debates animal rights with activists protesting the butchering of chicken for the Jewish ritual of Kapparot on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Kapparot is the swinging of a live chicken above one's head for atonement of sins before God and purification. After the sins are passed on to the chicken it is butchered for eating. Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year in Judaism. Practitioners traditionally observe this holy day with an approximate 25 hour period of fasting and intensive prayer.
A mother performs the Jewish ritual of Kapparot on her daughter on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, swinging a live chicken above her head for atonement of sins before God and purification. After the sins are passed on to the chicken it is butchered for eating. Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year in Judaism. Practitioners traditionally observe this holy day with an approximate 25 hour period of fasting and intensive prayer.
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man heatedly debates animal rights with activists protesting the butchering of chicken for the Jewish ritual of Kapparot on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Kapparot is the swinging of a live chicken above one's head for atonement of sins before God and purification. After the sins are passed on to the chicken it is butchered for eating. Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year in Judaism. Practitioners traditionally observe this holy day with an approximate 25 hour period of fasting and intensive prayer.
A rabbi performs the Jewish ritual of Malkot, lashing, for atonement of sins before God and purification on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year in Judaism. Practitioners traditionally observe this holy day with an approximate 25 hour period of fasting and intensive prayer.
A mother performs the Jewish ritual of Kapparot on her daughter on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, swinging a live chicken above her head for atonement of sins before God and purification. After the sins are passed on to the chicken it is butchered for eating. Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year in Judaism. Practitioners traditionally observe this holy day with an approximate 25 hour period of fasting and intensive prayer.
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man heatedly debates animal rights with activists protesting the butchering of chicken for the Jewish ritual of Kapparot on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Kapparot is the swinging of a live chicken above one's head for atonement of sins before God and purification. After the sins are passed on to the chicken it is butchered for eating. Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year in Judaism. Practitioners traditionally observe this holy day with an approximate 25 hour period of fasting and intensive prayer.
A father performs the Jewish ritual of Kapparot on his son on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, swinging a live rooster above his head for atonement of sins before God and purification. After the sins are passed on to the rooster it is butchered for eating. Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year in Judaism. Practitioners traditionally observe this holy day with an approximate 25 hour period of fasting and intensive prayer.