Israel - Yom Kippur ritual: Kaparot

(29 Sep 1998) T/I: 11:02:40


Israel on Tuesday (29/09) was preparing for the Jewish day of atonement, "Yom Kippur" with rabbis in Jerusalem performing theritual of "Kaparot." The ceremony involves circling a chicken over the head of a believer and then sacrificing it, symbolically purging the person of their year's sins.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL, 29/9
Mid shot of Orthodox Jews holding chickens;
Man slitting chicken's throat and dumping it in a bin;
Abraham Friedman spins a chicken around his head; SOT (English) Friedman: "Trying to transfer all your sins... really when a person sins they need to be killed but God has mercy says you're a good spirit and transfers sins from you on to the chicken and the chicken gets killed";
Close up of Orthodox Jew spinning chicken around his head while he prays;
Mid shot of shocked child and zoom in of man slitting throat of chicken;
Mid shot of little boy having ceremony performed;
Various of Israeli soldiers on the streets;
VS of cars being checked by Israeli soldiers as they pass through the Gilo checkpoint between Bethlehem and Jerusalem;

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