kapparot

 [Seph. kah-pah-rah; Ashk. kah-paw-ruh]  

kap·pa·rah

   [Seph. kah-pah-rah; Ashk. kah-paw-ruh]
noun, plural kap·pa·roth, kap·pa·rot  [Seph. -rawt] , kap·pa·ros [Ashk. -rohs] . 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:
kappārāh literally, atonement
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