An Ultra-Orthodox Jew holds a white chicken for the Kaparot ceremony, where white chickens are slaughtered as a symbolic gesture of atonement ahead of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, in the central Israeli city of Beit Shemesh on Sept. 17, 2026. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)
An Ultra-Orthodox Jew holds a white chicken for the Kaparot ceremony, where white chickens are slaughtered as a symbolic gesture of atonement ahead of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, in the central Israeli city of Beit Shemesh on Sept. 17, 2026. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)
