kapparah

[ Sephardic Hebrew kah-pah-rah; Ashkenazic Hebrew kah-paw-ruh ]
/ Sephardic Hebrew kɑ pɑˈrɑ; Ashkenazic Hebrew kɑˈpɔ rə /

noun, plural kap·pa·roth, kap·pa·rot [Sephardic Hebrew kah-pah-rawt] /Sephardic Hebrew kɑ pɑˈrɔt/, kap·pa·ros [Ashkenazic Hebrew kah-paw-rohs] /Ashkenazic Hebrew kɑˈpɔ roʊs/. Hebrew.

a ritual performed by some Orthodox Jews before Yom Kippur that consists of swinging a fowl around the head and reciting prayers that symbolically transfer the person's sins to the fowl.

Origin of kapparah

kappārāh literally, atonement