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Actions Displays	Kapparot Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberM2008/002:009 TitleKapparot CreatorHebrew Publishing Company DescriptionA small, embossed, cut out card showing a Jewish family, mother, father and two children, performing Kapparot on the eve of Yom Kippur. The man holds a live rooster, to which his sins will be symbolically transferred during the ceremony. Then, the chicken is slaughtered and given to the poor. The card is copyright by Hebrew Publishing Company, USA, 1906. Production placeUnited States Production date 1906 Subjectcards, art, Yom Kippur, chickens, families, rites & ceremonies, Culture and Religion, Jewish festivals Object namecards Materialpaper Dimensions width: 80.00 mm height: 80.00 mm Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection

Object numberM2008/002:009

TitleKapparot

DescriptionA small, embossed, cut out card showing a Jewish family, mother, father and two children, performing Kapparot on the eve of Yom Kippur. The man holds a live rooster, to which his sins will be symbolically transferred during the ceremony. Then, the chicken is slaughtered and given to the poor. The card is copyright by Hebrew Publishing Company, USA, 1906.

Production placeUnited States

Production date 1906

Subjectcards, art, Yom Kippur, chickens, families, rites & ceremonies, Culture and Religion, Jewish festivals

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Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection

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