Kaparot is a lovely Ashkenazi Jewish custom when it is aligned with the mitsvah of tsar baalei ḥayyim (not causing unnecessary harm to a living creature). Why invite extra harsh judgement during the Aseret Yemei Teshuvah (Ten Days of Repentance) for being the cause of unnecessary stress or injury to an animal‽!? Use a bag of money dedicated for tsedaqah instead!
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"Orthodox kid" (photo credit: Hanan Bar Assouline). A ḥaredi child holding a chicken in one hand and a cigarette in the other (likely taken in the context of the Kaparot-atonement ritual before Yom Kipur) (This image is set to automatically show as the "featured image" in shared links on social media.)
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