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A Hasidic Child at the Margins of a Kapparot Ritual
Kapparot (symbolic "atonement") rite consists of waving a chicken over one's head while reciting the appropriate text, and is done before Yom Kippur (the holiest day in Judaism).
Photo Detail
Date Taken: | 09.2017 |
Date Uploaded: | 11.2018 |
Photo Location: | Bnei-Brak, Israel |
Copyright: | © Hezy Holzman |
Awards
Photo of the Day: 12.05.18 |
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