Zvi Sep/Oct 2009

Now we are approaching the most important holidays of the year: Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Many people in Jerusalem where I live are going to the rabbis asking for help to have their sins forgiven. But how do they go?With chickens! They believe in an old ceremony called kapparot, or kappores, where a chicken is swung over their heads while they pray, “This is my exchange. This is my substi