Animal rights protectors challenge the Jewish Yom Kippur ritual of Kaparot and chickens

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October 12, 2016 · 5:15 PM EDT

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For the Jewish ritual of Kaparot, a person's sins are symbolically transferred to a chicken, and then the chicken is slaughtered.

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