Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel marked the start of Yom Kippur, a day of atonement and the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. The rituals of atonement included Tashlich, during which food offerings are thrown into a body of water to “cast away” sin. The rituals also included Kaparot, a practice where white chickens are slaughtered. Amid these gatherings, Israel is tightening restrictions amid a rise in COVID-19 infections.
Observance of Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, begins on Wednesday at sundown and ends on Thursday evening. In Israel, ultra-Orthodox
Jews gathered for early rituals of atonement for sins in the evenings leading up to Yom Kippur, including Malkot, the traditional ceremony of symbolic punishment, and Tashlich, the “throwing away” of sins.
Some visited an aquarium at a zoo in the ultra-Orthodox Israeli city of BneiBrak to perform the “Tashlich” ritual during which “sins are cast into the water to the fish”.
Joram Jojo
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