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
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