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kapparoth

kapparoth is the alternative form of kapparot.

Meaning of kapparot

Noun

kapparot (uncountable)

  1. (Judaism) A customary atonement ritual practised by Orthodox Jews on the eve of Yom Kippur, involving the waving of money or a chicken over a person's head before it is donated to charity or to feed the hungry.
    • Judge Andre Birotte Jr. ruled that Chabad of Irvine doesn’t engage in an unfair business practice by charging for the killing and disposal of chickens used in the rite called kapparot or kaporos.2017 May 16, “Lawsuit over synagogue’s chicken slaughter dismissed”, in Associated Press

Questions about kapparoth

What is kapparoth the alternative form of?
Kapparoth is the alternative form of kapparot.

Words near kapparoth in the dictionary

  1. kappal
  2. kappals
  3. kappamaki
  4. kapparah
  5. kapparot
  6. kapparoth
  7. kappas
  8. kappel
  9. Kappel War
  10. kappels
  11. kappie

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