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chicken
As most shuls opt for coins, Kapparot Still Observed in Woodland Hills
Tess Cutler
September 29, 2017
It’s not a bird – it’s SuperMeat: Israeli startup aims to grow meat without the animal
Jewish Journal
July 12, 2016
The founders of an Israeli food tech startup want you to enjoy your meat without the guilt — in fact, without the animal.\n\n
Simply perfect grilled chicken, sure fire summer fun
Jewish Journal
June 27, 2016
It\’s hot, you\’re busy and company\’s coming for dinner.
Compassionate kapparot: use coins, not chickens
Jewish Journal
September 23, 2014
How does one remove sin and guarantee one’s name in the Book of Life during the Ten Days of Repentance?
Two L.A. kaporot ritual sites shut down
Jewish Journal
September 13, 2013
Just hours before Kol Nidre, more than 100 chickens intended to be used for kaporot ceremonies won a reprieve. Kaporot, which means “Atonement,” is a 1,000-year-old custom observed by some Orthodox Jews between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur in which an individual swings a live chicken over his head three times and says a prayer— as a ritual transference of sins to the chicken.
Thousands of kapparot chickens die in New York heat
Jewish Journal
September 13, 2013
Thousands of chickens designated for the pre-Yom Kippur kapparot ritual died in New York due to unseasonable heat.
Sunday’s protestors sought kaporot concessions
Jewish Journal
September 9, 2013
With chants of “Shonda,” and “Shame,” a group of around 75 protestors demonstrated on Sept. 8 in front of two sites on Pico Blvd where kaporot ceremonies were taking place.
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