Yom Kippur 2017 in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 27th September, 2017. A father performs the Jewish ritual of Kapparot on his sons on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, in the ultra Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim, swinging a live rooster above their heads for atonement of sins before God and purification.

Yom Kippur 2017 in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 27th September, 2017. Religious Jews perform the ritual of Kapparot on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, in the ultra Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim, swinging a live rooster above their heads for atonement of sins before God and purification.

Yom Kippur 2017 in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 27th September, 2017. Religious Jews perform the ritual of Kapparot on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, in the ultra Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim, swinging a live rooster above their heads for atonement of sins before God and purification.

Yom Kippur 2017 in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 27th September, 2017. A mother performs the Jewish ritual of Kapparot on her children on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, in the ultra Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim, swinging a live rooster above their heads for atonement of sins before God and purification.

Yom Kippur 2017 in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 27th September, 2017. A mother performs the Jewish ritual of Kapparot on her children on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, in the ultra Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim, swinging a live rooster above their heads for atonement of sins before God and purification.

Yom Kippur 2017 in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 27th September, 2017. Religious Jews perform the ritual of Kapparot on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, in the ultra Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim, swinging a live rooster above their heads for atonement of sins before God and purification.

Yom Kippur 2017 in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 27th September, 2017. A father performs the Jewish ritual of Kapparot on his sons on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, in the ultra Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim, swinging a live rooster above their heads for atonement of sins before God and purification.

Yom Kippur 2017 in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 27th September, 2017. A mother performs the Jewish ritual of Kapparot on her children on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, in the ultra Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim, swinging a live rooster above their heads for atonement of sins before God and purification.

Yom Kippur 2017 in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 27th September, 2017. A father performs the Jewish ritual of Kapparot on his sons on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, in the ultra Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim, swinging a live rooster above their heads for atonement of sins before God and purification.

Yom Kippur 2017 in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 27th September, 2017. A father performs the Jewish ritual of Kapparot on his sons on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, in the ultra Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim, swinging a live rooster above their heads for atonement of sins before God and purification.

Yom Kippur 2017 in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 27th September, 2017. Religious Jews perform the ritual of Kapparot on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, in the ultra Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim, swinging a live rooster above their heads for atonement of sins before God and purification.

Yom Kippur 2017 in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 27th September, 2017. A mother performs the Jewish ritual of Kapparot on her children on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, in the ultra Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim, swinging a live rooster above their heads for atonement of sins before God and purification.

Yom Kippur 2017 in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 27th September, 2017. Religious Jews perform the ritual of Kapparot on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, in the ultra Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim, swinging a live rooster above their heads for atonement of sins before God and purification.

Yom Kippur 2017 in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 27th September, 2017. A father performs the Jewish ritual of Kapparot on his sons on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, in the ultra Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim, swinging a live rooster above their heads for atonement of sins before God and purification.

Yom Kippur 2017 in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 27th September, 2017. Religious Jews perform the ritual of Kapparot on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, in the ultra Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim, swinging a live rooster above their heads for atonement of sins before God and purification.