Scary Jew Shadow Prepares for Yom Kippur
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man swings a chicken over his head, later to be slaughtered as part of the Kaparot ritual, in which it is believed that one transfers one’s sins from the past year into the chicken in Beni Brak, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday Oct. 7, 2011. The ceremony is held before the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, which starts on Friday. Jews traditionally observe this holy day with a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer. AP Photo.
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man is reflected in a car window as he swings a chicken over his head, later to be slaughtered as part of the Kaparot ritual in which it is believed that one transfers one’s sins from the past year into the chicken in Beni Brak, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, Oct. 7, 2011. The ceremony is held before the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, which starts on Friday. Jews traditionally observe this holy day with a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer. AP Photo.
The Shadows of Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men praying are seen on the banks of the Yarkon River in Tel Aviv during the ritual of Tashlich on October 6, 2011. Tashlich is a ritual during which believers cast their sins into the water and the fish, and it is performed one day before the Day of Atonement or Yom Kippur. Yom Kippur, the most solemn day in the Jewish calendar, is a 25-hour period of fasting and intense reflection and prayers where the central theme is atonement that begins tomorrow after sunset. Getty Images.