Yom Kippur in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 11th October, 2016. 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.

Yom Kippur in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 11th October, 2016. Ultra-Orthodox religious men observe as slaughtered chickens are prepared for consumption following the Jewish ritual of Kapparot on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Observers swing live chickens above their heads for atonement of sins before God and purification. After the sins are passed on to the poultry 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.

Yom Kippur in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 11th October, 2016. A chicken runs off refusing to accept its fate as Jews perform the ritual of Kapparot on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, swinging a live chickens above their heads for atonement of sins before God and purification. After the sins are passed on to the poultry 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.

Yom Kippur in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 11th October, 2016. Women congregate outside a synagogue worhipping silently and listening to the men inside through a doorway and window in a Jerusalem alley on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year in Judaism but women cannot mix with the men.

Yom Kippur in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 11th October, 2016. Ultra-Orthodox religious men observe as slaughtered chickens are prepared for consumption following the Jewish ritual of Kapparot on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Observers swing live chickens above their heads for atonement of sins before God and purification. After the sins are passed on to the poultry 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.

Yom Kippur in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 11th October, 2016. 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.

Yom Kippur in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 11th October, 2016. Ultra-Orthodox religious men observe as slaughtered chickens are prepared for consumption following the Jewish ritual of Kapparot on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Observers swing live chickens above their heads for atonement of sins before God and purification. After the sins are passed on to the poultry 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.

Yom Kippur in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 11th October, 2016. A man performs the Jewish ritual of Kapparot 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.

Yom Kippur in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 11th October, 2016. A chicken runs off refusing to accept its fate as Jews perform the ritual of Kapparot on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, swinging a live chickens above their heads for atonement of sins before God and purification. After the sins are passed on to the poultry 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.

Yom Kippur in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 11th October, 2016. 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.

Yom Kippur in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 11th October, 2016. A young woman performs the Jewish ritual of Kapparot on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, swinging a live chicken in a basket 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.