Kaparōt • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ https://opensiddur.org/shared/prayers/praxes/kaparot/ a community-grown, libre Open Access archive of Jewish prayer and liturgical resources Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:09:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Open-Siddur-Project-Logo-2015-5509b4bdv1_site_icon-250x250.png Kaparōt • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ https://opensiddur.org/shared/prayers/praxes/kaparot/ 32 32 כַּפָּרוֹת | Kaparōt (using money dedicated for charity), the ritual for the expiation of offenses before Yom Kippur https://opensiddur.org/prayers/praxes/kaparot/kaparot-the-ritual-for-the-expiation-of-offenses-before-yom-kippur-using-money-dedicated-for-charity/ https://opensiddur.org/prayers/praxes/kaparot/kaparot-the-ritual-for-the-expiation-of-offenses-before-yom-kippur-using-money-dedicated-for-charity/#respond Wed, 15 Sep 2021 04:04:02 +0000 https://opensiddur.org/?p=39019

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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