kapparot (English, noun)
expansion: kapparot (uncountable)
Senses:
glosses: 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.
tags: Judaism
uncountable
Forms:
form: kaparot
tags: alternative
form: kaporos
tags: alternative
form: kaparoth
tags: alternative
form: kapparoth
tags: alternative