ANCIENT Chicken Ritual for atonement | HIGH HOLIDAYS in the streets of JEWISH BROOKLYN Ep 2
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- Disclaimer: some might find this ritual disturbing, as it involves swinging live chickens
Kapores are a special ancient ritual of swinging a chicken around a person's head as part of the period of atonement between the holiday of Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Year) and the holy day of Yom Kippur. Many Jews don't use chickens for kapores, and rather use money instead, but in Hasidic Williamsburg, there is always a lively chicken scene.
After the ritual, the chickens are supposed to be given to charity. But since donating chickens is very inconvenient, the chickens are processed in the regular Jewish slaughtering ritual and the proceeds go to charity.
Today we'll have a stroll through the neighborhood during the chicken ritual and see what it's like.
Other episodes in this series:
Episode 1: Eve of Rosh Hashanah
• HONEY and the Jewish N...
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Episode 3: Eve of Sukkos / Building huts and esrog market
• Building SUKKAH HUTS a...
Episode 4: Chol Hamoed / Mid-holiday festivities
• Sukkos FESTIVITIES in ...
Episode 5: Visiting a Synagogue Sukkah for a meal
• My Sukkos HOLIDAY meal...
Episode 6: The Bagleiten of the Satmar grand rabbi
• The Grand Rabbi's Bagl...
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I am always fascinated by your ability to explain the religious customs and rituals in such a simple, clear, yet interesting manner. It is a true talent in my opinion.
Kaparot us the time of year, when people who support killing babies, act concerned about chickens getting slaughtered in the most painless way possible
Yeah - as far as this ritual is concerned, these chickens are not being mistreated.
The innocent child suffers for the sins of the parents.
The level of respect you have towards everything is worthy of great respect in itself. Thanks for this video !
very nice video, as always. you managed to cover a sensitive topic with balance.
thank you Izzy :heart emoji:
The chicken swingers donate it to a poor family to eat. We prefer to tie an amount of money in a handkerchief and swing that around our heads instead of the bird. The money goes to charity. It's important to note that tzedakah is the real mitzvah. Love the channel!
Thanks, I was wondering what happened to the chicken!
What percent donate the chicken to the poor to eat after it's slaughtered? I watched several other vids about this event and dumpsters full of dead chickens in garbage bags were thrown into the back of a garbage truck in the morning/next day when it was over.
I knew close to nothing about the Jewish orthodox culture when I started watching your videos. I have found them to be both educational and entertaining. Interesting indeed.
In my opinion people can live their lives as they wish as long as they are not harmful in any way to humans and animals. As an animal lover I have a real problem with how both Jewish and islamic animals are slaughtered, and I appreciate your warning in the beginning of the video about live chicken being used and will sit this video out.
I'd be interested in a video about the significance of hair within the religion (and its different sects) and where the - quite outlandish! - hair and headgear traditions come from and what they represent.
When I was in graduate school I worked on the origin of the custom of women's head shaving. I never finished it and would love to turn it into a video series. Hopefully one day. One of my favorite subjects is women's garbs and their symbolisms.
Oooh yes, that would be interesting!
Yes, please !this
@@FriedaVizelBrooklyn Do it!
@@FriedaVizelBrooklyn I am personally interested in this custom. I listened to your explanation and your story on podcast. The first thing that surprised me was,that not all women want to shave their head. Well,it is quite logical and obvious, when I think about it. But I didnt think,that it is such a big deal,when somebody wants to grow long hair in hassidic community. Why not simply tolerate the autonomy of the body? The integrity of the body should be respected by everybody as something that cant be violated. It is just my opinion,and I know,that in reality it doesnt work and the beautifull phrase "My body,my way" is just a phrase.
I'm "half jewish" (my mother's family is not observant and I was never introduced to the religion as well) and I've been learning a lot through your videos. I have a degree in Asian studies and I've come to the conclusion that Judaism and Sanatana Dharma ( aka Hinduism) are like living religious encyclopedias, you can find rudimentary rituals and beliefs, and at the same time extremely sophisticated systems such as Kabbalah in Judaism and yoga, meditation, tantra, vegetarianism in Sanatana Dharma. The concept of God, our relationship with Him/Her is also not static and changed a lot throughout history. If all people had access to this information we could certainly live in a more peaceful and compassionate world.
I felt very happy and proud when I found out that there are many Jews who adopted vegetarianism and took it as Kosher as well. A video about Kosher food and it's vegetarian options might be a good idea.
Beautiful haircut, it looks great on you, the blouse suits you as well.
You deserve way more views and subscribers ;)
if your mother is jewish you are not half jewish, brother :)
All the great religions have more im common than different. The differences are just unimportant datails. Christianity is a daughter religion comming from judaism,and islam as well. In my opinion,many belivers get it and want to live in peace. The problem is with politics,and misusing religiong to make people fight agains each other. Now I stareted to deal more with buddhism and see,that it has som much in common with christianity,except the only god,as buddhism doesnt teach,that there is any. We all are human and have similar desires.
And yes,vegetarian diet is kosher and halal :) I have been vegetarian for more than 10 years.
Because Judaism is traditions took from Hind, and other things and rituals from other religions, I watched a historical of Jewish and Judaism and why they are different, swinging a chicken has nothing to do with faith in YHWH, it’s a man made, from what I seen, maybe go ask your parents
@@mKruter if there mother is Jewish then they are, don’t tell a Jewish woman child they are not part of there mother and there mothers family blood line, that’s just stupid
Starting to understand funny mustache guy more
You’re a great guide to these interesting things!!
I knew nothing about this, I was almost too squeamish to watch when you described it, but i am glad I learned something. Thanks
"No, the chicken committed those sins not me. Fooled you again God."
Exactly. More religious b/s.
Thats not the point. You donate the meat to charity afterwards. You may also do this with cash in a handkerchief. The charity is the important part, everything else is tradition
@@mcfarofinha134 sooj are great at peddling lies for their self preservation
You explained the intricate customs clearly and concisely - great video! 🙂
Thank you!!
Thanks for doing this video. We always use money & I've never seen people using chickens for kapparot.
(Nice hair cut!)
I understand the concept if schloggn kapoyres but I'd rather use money. The chickens are stressed and upset, that's before slaughter, and the business of the animal soul bothers me, since animals are often more honest and decent than humans are. Not to mention my sins are mine to pay for. I'd much rather give tzedakah in money.
I'm with you on this.
Being cruel to another living thing. How beautiful. I can see how this could help a person.
Good hair cut! Just pointing out and not attempting to cast aspersions on your work - I truly enjoy the episodes I've seen. The chickens are in HORRIBLE shape. I grew up on a farm in upstate and these chickens come from places where they are overcrowded. It's probably a vacation for them to be swung over somebody's head than to remain were they have been living. SAD. One of MY takes on Kashrus ( I am a Ger) is that the "do not seethe a kid in its mother's milk" also encourages empathy and kindness to animals as well as the conventional separation of Milchig and Fleishig. We're all in the same boat of mortality AND between the holidays of the Birthday of the entire WORLD and the atonement for our faults respecting as much as possible of the entirety of the Torah should be uppermost.
You have no argument from me. I don't know how this can change but I hope it does. I feel bad for the chickens.
@@FriedaVizelBrooklynyou’ll be fine
Growing up we had a synagogue near by. We saw this every year and were always fascinated by why this occurred.
Raised catholic so fotced to go to confession as a child, I had just never committed sins, so made things up!
I do wonder why children had the chickens over them, surely they have done nothing to require it?
I am Reform, so I have never seen that. Thank you for the opportunity. It doesn't appear too traumatic for the chickens. Your hair looks great!
The chickens have been badly looked after. Most gave half of their feathers missing. They must be terrified.
You know they spin the chickens violently until they're dead......I'm a goy and I know that one.
Oh, a jewish fiend (feend) I know told be about the talmud.....wow!----I had no idea how you people really thought about us.
I started in Sanhedrin 57, 58 & 59......pretty evil, imo.
Everything about this is traumatic for the chickens. Their entire short lives up to this point are horrifically cruel, and then they get to suffer while being held in a way that is extremely uncomfortable and often intensely painful, only to have their throats slit, be turned upside-down and dropped into a construction cone while the blood drains from their bodies. They thrash as their life slowly leaves their bodies (and some do not end up dying at all.) A vast majority are then thrown away like garbage (instead of the supposed "donation to the hungry"). This is nothing but a barbaric practice.
I noticed... the haircut... French bob... gorgeous!
So this is basically scapegoating, right? Our sins get transferred to the animal and the animal is, in a way, sacrificed. I like that.
Don't make no mistake.
Not all Jewish people are the same.
This custom with the chickens is considered by many if not the majority of Israelis as somewhat cruel and Unnecessary. There are even advertisements by the Ministry of Agriculture in Israel. that promote making atonements(kapores) in the alternative option of donating money. And to leave the chickens alone.
@@Zzoooooop Oh, of course. It seems a very old-world tradition, but I understand the symbolism of it.
It must be very stressful for the chooks.
@@salaltschul3604 not all traditions are good.
Yes exactly, the term scapegoat actually comes from Judaism, back when there was a temple on Yom Kippur the high priest would put all the sins on a goat
@@zachary456 🐐
Why does it smell so bad? I've had back yard chickens and while messy, it's not too smelly. Is it just the massive amounts of birds in a small space?
It is the mass of animals, and most people are not familiar with the smell of live chickens, so they are more sensitive to the smell.
@@gilastein8060 gotcha! Plus more confined space on asphalt street so not like a wide open land with country breeze and soft ground to absorb droppings.
Another great video!😊
To prevent any crimes?? But the insane animal cruelty is okay? Okay buddy, you’ve earned that GED.
Everything I have learned from your videos is fascinating. However, I don't believe chicken swinging is in the Torah; even if it is, are we not advanced enough to leave the chickens out of this nonsensical human belief? The chickens didn't cause humans to sin.
You're not wrong. It's some kind of borrowed ancient ritual. I am told there are mystical sources. A lot of Jews now use money (to swing above the head) instead of chickens because it's sad for the chickens.
@@FriedaVizelBrooklyn doesn't it originate from when Jews would send a goat out into the wilderness?
I’m watching your series in order, Frieda. (I’m also planning to checkout your honey cookie recipe you mentioned in the previous episode.) I had never heard of the chicken ritual. I’m not surprised to see umbrellas…nervous chickens will make a mess. You have said that no one has pets. Is it related to having a kosher household within this community? I can’t imagine how anyone could possibly clean out every nook and cranny for Passover. Great haircut and top. Thanks!
Your haircut looks great, BTW. I enjoy your enthusiasm who else could describe such a ritual of swinging a chicken around your head and make it interesting? I mentioned before that I was impressed by the way you dress with modesty and class, your blouse is beautiful.
When you said 'swinging chickens around the head' I envisioned people swinging them violently by the feet haha! But people are really gentle, the chickens don't look too bothered. They're more gently rotated than swung for sure.
I'm sure they just love being crammed into those tiny boxes too! It's carnival time for the chickens, isn't it? Have you got eyes? Do you see the state they're in? They're not healthy at all. Shame on all involved.
Yes, the original “Rotisserie Chicken” you might say! But it’s becoming less common to use animals since giving charity money can substitute.
Tevye:
As the good book says, when a poor man eats a chicken, one of them is sick.
Mendel:
Where does the book say that?
Tevye:
Well, it doesn't say that exactly, but somewhere there is something about a chicken. ❤🐓
In my opinion the aronie floish store in ur video has such a delicious buffet there. Zalman gotta take note…lol
So by transferring sin to the chicken I take it they are inedible afterwards?
No they are donated as food
What is done with the chickens afterwards?
Very nice video. Personally, I use money and always have. The chickens that people use for kapores is supposed to end up as a meal - as people would anyways have.
Another interesting video. I am viewing this just before Pesach whe blood was painted on the doorpost Then an animal was sacrificed for it’s blood for the forgiveness of sins. Is that where the idea with the chocked comes from. I thought that the people and especially the children were very respectful. Have a good Shabbos with Seth.tomorrow Frieda. Bill. Uk
Bill, wishing you a wonderful weekend!
So the chicken takes on the role of the goat for azazel?
I don’t understand why it’s not Kosher to eat meat with dairy….but perfectly acceptable to swing a live chicken over your head 🧐
Your haircut is nice. The ritual is really strange. Poor chicken,in my opinion,it must be stressfull for them. They do not look like they enjoy it. But maybe Im too sensitive (Im a vegetarian,and animal rights activist. I really care about animal wellfare),so for me it is distur. Maybe I would as you a question,if it is just a tradition or people really believe,that it helps?
Animal abuse. Plenty of Jews oppose this disgusting ritual. What sort of God would want to see sentient beings so disrespected?
There is more to it than transferring your sins to the chicken. It is realizing - and verbalizing it in the prayer said while doing the kapores- that this chicken is going to be slaughtered instead of YOU. Thinking about the consequences your sins have to the extent that the price to be paid for them might include the opposite of life, will result in deep feelings of repentance. The ten days between rosh hashana and yom kipur are known as the days of repentance.
Thanks for this - shkoyach.
it’s interesting you say that. A chicken cannot and will not save us from our sins. Neither do good deeds replace sin. God is just and He cannot be bribed with good deeds. If God is just then He must punish the sin. That’s exactly why Jesus Christ died for our sins. He took on the punishment that’s meant for us based on the sins we committed. If you read Isaiah 52:13 to 53:12 you will see the foreshadowing of the Savior of the world, the Messiah Jesus Christ.
“16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.” John 3:16 He came for all of us 🙏🏻
@@Emma1881 Christian theology nut here. This ritual is a change from the original, where they'd use a goat for the whole village. And this is one of the few vestiges of animal sacrifice remaining in Rabbinic Judaism. It's important to remember that sacrifices foreshadow the ultimate sacrifice paid by Jesus for our sins. However, the Bible is clear that people who believed in the ultimate salvation of the Jews, even back then, were saved. There's some debate about the status of modern Jews who aren't interested in the Messiah, but I'd say more than half of theologians say there's room for salvation among those who follow the old Covenant (Jews). The thing we all have in common is a belief in sacrifice to atone for sin, and a belief that God ultimately brings salvation for His people.
@@Fil0girl hi, can you please reference where it says in the Bible that those who believed in the salvation of Jews were saved? I’m not sure I understand what you mean. God is just and He will judge according to His goodness and mercy. But the Bible is very clear that it is through Christ’s atonement that we are saved. It evident in the Old Testament and from the beginning of Genesis that the seed of Eve would crush the serpent’s head.
Changing the goat to chicken shows how easy it is for man to change something based on convenience. I was reading comments that people will twirl money over their head and just bypass the chicken too.
There are people who sadly will never hear the gospel because of where they live or whatever the case may be. I would assume that God would judge them differently than the person who outright rejects Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. To whom much is given much is expected. With the destruction of the Temple in 70AD it’s so evident that animal sacrifices are not the way to atonement of sin. I was watching the link between the Passover and how it foreshadows Christ’s crucifixion and it’s just so amazing to me that people don’t see the ultimate gift of everlasting life that they have been given.
Ps. “I don’t want your sacrifices-I want your love; I don’t want your offerings-I want you to know me. Hosea 6:6 God wants the heart to change, He wants a relationship. The sacrifice is not what’s going to cure the sin. It’s the transformation of the heart and a love for God that can only come when we know Christ
@@FriedaVizelBrooklynthis is a horrific practice
I’m fairly new to your channel and I’m finding it fascinating! It’s so interesting to learn about other cultures. I have a couple of questions. 1. What happens to all those chickens after they’ve been twirled? 2. Is there a place in the Torah where they are commanded to do this? 3. I’ve heard that a ten dollar bill can be substituted for the chicken as long as the $10 is then donated to charity. Is that true? Thank you. I look forward to your next video.
1. They are slaughtered according to Jewish law so that they may be eaten. 2. It is a custom, and certainly not a torah law. 3. Yes.
The chickens are slaughtered and given to charity.
It is a custom of Ashkenazi Jews, not in the Torah but passed down from father to son for generations. Some people do substitute money for a live chicken which is then given to charity.
@@gilastein8060 thank you for answering my questions.
@@markbr5898THEY ARE NOT EATEN
We have the very same blouse! Blessings to you!
Don't be a chicken 😉
Poor chickens
So where is the tunnel exactly ... where chicken and children goes actually
as far as I'm concerned balance way past zero for this inhumane act
Do they eat the chicken once slaughtered?
I have noticed that at the Synagogues in my area, people have to purchase tickets for the holiday services. Can you please explain why that is?
It's a way for congregations to fund themselves. The synagogue I go to doesn't have enough room for the holidays so they rent out a space. It's a lot of money and work to fund a temple and many people don't go except during the high holidays. In the Hasidic community, usually they don't sell tickets, they sell designated seats.
Thank you that is very helpful context! @@FriedaVizelBrooklyn
I would be happy if you could answer this question that I have. I watched another kapores video and an animal rights activist ask "Why don't you use money instead" and as I understand it the chicken can be substituted with money instead, and the Jewish woman in the video says "We can't use money because of you!". I am guessing it has something to do with goyim having 'tainted' the money or what's the reason Jews don't use money instead?
Can you link the video? I am guessing the Jewish woman's answer was just non-sensical. It seemed to just be an answer in the heat of the moment in anger at the activist. It is perfectly fine to use money, but chickens are an ancient ritual and people here feel like money is a cop-out while chickens are the real way to do it. The word for the ritual is literally "kapores" which is another word for chicken.
@@FriedaVizelBrooklyn Thank you for your answer. It's been a while since I watched that particular video and I did a quick search for kapores/kapparot in NY but I couldn't find it again.
The chicken doesn’t get the sin. Kapparos is like a play. The chicken is acting as you. And you’re meant to see this as a reminder that you can be in this predicament. But this doesn’t give one a clean slate. Only (Teshuvah) repentance does, which is done on Yom Kippur.
Please dont hurt chickens
Your ilk is eternal
So what happens if the pomegranate kernels are more or less than 613 is it kosher still
Ok, and what happen to the chickens after they finish with the ritual , i understand they pay $10 for a chicken and if the chicken get the sins of the people i don’t think they will kill the chicken and eat it because the sins may come back to them , so what will happen with all those chickens?
So the chicken is then killed? That wasn't clear to me.
Don't make no mistake.
Not all Jewish people are the same.
This custom with the chickens is considered by many if not the majority of Israelis as somewhat cruel and Unnecessary. There are even advertisements by the Ministry of Agriculture in Israel. that promote making atonements(kapores) in the alternative option of donating money. And to leave the chickens alone.
Everyone has heard you loud and clear, some of us just don't care.
@@yjlion Maybe i exaggerated and the chickens don't get really that harm. I don't know...
Hmmmmmmmm.
They could hold them with cupped hands around the wings/bodies instead of pulling back the fragile wings. Then it’d be “ no harm, no fowl” 😊
I am friends with many people who are anti-Kaparot activists. I have seen some horrific videos of how poorly these chickens are treated, freezing or roasting with no water and crammed into cages. To me this goes against Judaism since we are prohibited to be cruel to animals. Some people have no conscience. Kaparot can be done with money only, but I understand some of the sages were against the practice in general since it's easily misunderstood and misused.
Kaparot is the time of year, when those who support killing babies, act concerned when chickens get slaughtered, in the most painless way btw, according to jewish law, according to recent studies from prestigious colleges, the kosher way of slaughter creates the least pain for the animals,
As opposed to the way a non jew will kill pigs in a slow agonizing painfull death,
The average KFC or McDonald's chickens goes through torture, compared to how the jewish people do it
The story that the sages were against the practice, in general, is brought up by the anti-Kaparot activists.
@@tzvi3660 definitely not supporting that kind of "animal rights" hypocrisy. Compassion for our fellow beings must be a 365 day a year task and it doesn't matter the species, all must be treated well.
@@yjlion Presumably the vast majority of the activists are not interested in general in following the opinions of the sages. However it is quite well known that Maimonides and Rabbi Yosef Karo opposed the practice, albeit for totally different reasons than those of the activists.
@@tzvi3660 Ritual slaughter is disgustingly cruel. So is most slaughter. Why not become vegan and respect animals sentience rather than playing a game of ‘they’re more cruel than us?’
Kaparot is the time of year, when people who support killing babies, act concerned about chickens getting slaughtered in the most painless way possible
I don't understand either. The Torah also commands people not to kill but then the Lord gives Israel power to kill its enemies.
You never say anything negative about the ultra orthodox style of living. Isn’t this just sugar coating?
I don't see my role, as a tour guide, to be to criticize. I inform, and let people take away different things from it. Many people (as you can see from the comments on this chicken video) don't approve of many things I show. But I see my duty to frame things in a way that helps us see how human it is, not how freaky/different it is.
hence the expression "scapegoat" but it was the sins of the nation ascribed to a goat and sent off into the wilderness to die.
Your so pleasant,what made you leave orthodoxy
what a terrible habit. those poor chicken! As much as I dislike PITA people, they might have a point here. The problem is not really the ritual but the way they are crammed in those tiny cages. absolutely unacceptable.
That is the standard way fowl are transported in any situation. There is a limit set by the USDA of how many birds can be fit in each cage.
I don’t care if they are within the governmental rules. It’s awful. It is torture for those animals.
Chicken ritual is a voodoo ritual. This is heartbreaking 😢
Oh wow - I knew nothing of this!
I am curious whether this act is meant to be symbolic - as in a public acknowledgement of one’s sinful state and demonstrating a heartfelt desire to cast off one’s sins - or whether those participating truly believe their sins are transferred to the bird.
I know we don’t delve into theological discussions here, but I’ve always found any religion’s purported method of dispensing of one’s sins to be, shall we say, rather too convenient for comfort. It’s almost as if doctrine (Catholic, Jewish, etc) is putting forth that it matters not however grievous one’s actions - because one has this backup route for obtaining absolution.
As to the actual procedure: When you said the birds would be swung around, I was aghast - imagining them gripped by the feet and hurled about like a tornado! In all fairness to the custom, it didn’t appear that any chickens were actually harmed during this ritual.
I was actually quite touched at how kindly the gentleman at timestamp 3:00 was handling his designated recipient of sin. Such care towards the feathered creature made me conclude he surely couldn’t have had much sin to transfer....😉
With all due respect -
“Transferring your sins onto your chicken” ?!?
Please quote a credible Jewish law source for this ?
I am Jewish -but I was taught differently .
It is not a Jewish Law, it is a Jewish Custom passed down through the generations. The Mishna Berurah, the comprehensive source of current Jewish Law talks about Kaparos, and the diffrent ways of doing it properly. The prayer said before "swinging the chicken" is a proclamation transfering sins to the chicken.
Just curious, what were you taught?
@@gilastein8060 This is not a voodoo practice of ridding oneself of sin, rather a practice of humbling oneself to repentance. There are various reasons for this practice. Most well known : One should think/pray that any punishment G-d forbid that was supposed to go on a person for sins should instead go onto the chicken.- Not that you are giving the chicken your sins. Rather the Punishment for one's sins. Repentance is still in order - as is evident from the entire Yom kippur prayer service and fasting. The poskim say that when one turns the chicken over his head it is a time to think about repentance, and when one sees the chicken being slaughtered he should think about the four types of death that is prescribed for various sins. This should humble the person and arouse them to repent. (The Mishna Berurah mentions about not being fond of the practice of kapparos because of the fear that it could mistakenly be taken to resemble pagan acts even though it wasn't) You can watch the Mishna Berura explanation here :czcams.com/video/iVD5mcnNRKU/video.html
chicken ritual I WOULD LOVE TO DO A JEWISH RITUAL
I'm sorry, but with all the beautiful traditions this community has, this one is just plain insane. Whatever ancient rabbi came up with this one was clearly playing a joke.
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frieda i cant get over how people talk to you wearing pants and are not judging you. where i live you would be judged
One thing that happens at lively scenes is people are eager to share with me and explain things. But in places like Hasidic Williamsburg, there is also a clear distinction between insiders and outsiders. And no one expects outsiders to abide by the community's dress code. Those who are clearly from the outside and dress in the garb when visiting can look like they try too hard and like maybe they are wearing a costume. This is a community in NYC and people are used to intermingling with people who don't dress Hasidic!
@@FriedaVizelBrooklyn dear frieda I was the one who made the comment about wearing pants and if you look at my original comment it was really a question i was not g_d forbid trying to tell you what to wear .being a hasdic jew I look at things a little differently and being an older person it's hard to expect that things have changed a lot 8n the world i live in i did not intend to hurt or shame you in any way I hope that you except my apology
I would like to add you mentioned outsiders I don't consider you being an outsider even with your pants
@@peterdalyy3542 Thank you for asking Peter as I was wondering the same thing. I'm glad Frieda is welcomed in the community 😊
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I want to comment that if you see pictures of the chabad Rebbe holding The chicken - its like a baby
There are a ton of Yiddish idioms referring to kapores.
Chag s’meach!
my mother is from othrodox background and knows of this ritual
1:44 Strange ancient ritual
No a Nobel Prize winner of physics could explain this
How the human sins travel through the air to the chicken then attaching to it
I think the chicken ritual contradicts the Torah in relation to the way animals should be treated.
I have axvery deep interest for the Hasidic philosophy, however this chicken rutual is a good example for how hasudus has little to do with the Tirah and a lot to do with the fantasy of those who became Hasidic leaders and kept adding and adding rules and interpretations which do nit apoear anywhere in the Torah.
Do all Jewish sects do this chicken ritual?
No, they do different forms of the ritual, some use fish others use money.
Your videos are all very enlightening… but I could not watch this. I respect all living beings.. they all have moral values to me… I see them as gifts from god… harming any of gods creatures is very cruel to me… I do understand others feel differently.
Do people in this community have any pet animals, or is that a no no?
You don't see pets. Very rarely. Maybe fish, rarely birds.
Why is there so much rubbish/litter all over the streets though?? I don't understand this...
that's New York. it's dirty 😜
Hello Frieda i am just curious can a non Jew lives in a Jew community?. For example i am a Muslim can i live there in that Jew community?.
Of course! This jewish community is in the heart of New York City. The Hassidim live amongst diversity and are surrounded by a tremendous mix of cultures and nationalities.
@@mKruter Hello Meir thank u so much for telling me i really appreciate it. By the way sorry to ask u this are u a German?. Your name looks like a German name
Yom Kippur is a rehearsal of what Yeshua Ha Massiach will do for us when He comes AGAIN. He took our sins on Himself!! He is our atonement freewill offering! Nobody goes to YHVH Yehovah Tzeva'ot except through Yeshua!! I will send you a prophet like onto Mosheh, you have to hearken onto Him. Ps2, 22, Yeshayahu 53. Baruch Haba Beschem Yehovah. Amen.
Amen and I agree completely! People think that they can transfer their sins to a chicken. Or do good things to blot out the bad. Wrong, only God’s mercy can blot out or inequity and transgressions!! Even thinking about the Passover and the lamb’s blood. Christ is the lamb of God and His blood passes death over all those who believe in Him!!
Where did God say to do this in the Torah??? Did Moses do this? Did Abraham do this??!?! Someone please show me revelation from God saying this…also life and death are known and determined only by God. Not a chicken…
In orthodox Judaism, a lot of customs are custom based and not directly commandments from the Torah. Rabbinic dictums are also an important element of orthodox Judaism. So it's not merely about looking at what the torah says.
That said, many Orthodox Jews object to this practice and even some Hasidim I know use money instead of chickens.
$10 for one chicken ? The girls get the better deal then - your chicken might lay eggs with a little TLC :) Do the boys kill the chickens after the ritual?
The chickens are processed in the regular Jewish slaughtering ritual and the proceeds go to charity.
@@FriedaVizelBrooklyn doesn’t the chicken also go to charity
@@FriedaVizelBrooklyn is the meet considered kosher? Like, aren't you ingesting the sins if you eat these chickens?
No religion would tell you to abuse animals - in Islam, halal slaughtering is the slaughter of an animal in a way where it imposes least pain. This is disturbing and very likely not in the torah.
It is not abuse. As you can see the animal is held and rotated around the head. That motion is in fact very calming to the chicken. The chickens are then slaughtered with no pain. I have watched the slaughter process and it is rather impressive, the animal never knows what happens.
Hashem commanded that two goats be used NOT chickens. Wow.
It is a voodoo ritual. It is just heartbreaking how certain Jewish communities have deviated from Torah.
Go read the code of Jewish Law she hasn’t explained this ritual properly
@@GB-es4qz Voodoo 100%.
That is true, this is a custom passed down through the generations, not a law from the talmud.
Completely bonkers.
To you
Kaparot us the time of year, when people who support killing babies, act concerned about chickens getting slaughtered in the most painless way possible
oooh I do not like this tradition
Disgusting. Is absolutely indefensible to mistreat a living, feeling creature. I don’t care if it is in the name of religion.
And we dont care about your opinion of our tradition!
Kaparot is the time of year, when people who support killing babies, act concerned about chickens getting slaughtered in the most painless way possible
The average poultry plant process one hundred thousand chickens a day. You think you are a good person, as long as you don't see it.
@@tzvi3660 well said
@@tzvi3660 In all seriousness, yours is the best comment I have ever read on CZcams. Thank you for telling it straight. I used to have a bumper sticker on my car that read: "Be a hero, save a whale, save a baby, go to jail". My car was vandalized.
My grandfather used to do it than they made a chicken soup from the poor chicken.
John 3:16
I belong to the group of Jesus people that do kapuros with chickens.
and I'm also a very proud chickens and & ducks pet owner i love my birds!
I raise them for kapuros once a year and have them for their eggs the rest of the time
I do not think that this religious ritual is cruel
To the chicken
the way that chickens are raised in the chicken industry is way more cruel
These chickens never got to see the light of day!
So maybe think again before you eat a piece of chicken!
this ritual insults and mocks the self sacrifice of Yeshua
Jesus people don't do this.
Did you check your balance between the sins and the good deed? Really like your Eastern European blouse 👚 and your orthodox watch in today's watch world👍
Thanks. I think my watch goes on the good deed side of the scale, ha ha.
@@FriedaVizelBrooklyn
I'm sure you've done many good deeds and you probably know that the watch is telling a lot about the person, not like a tarot card reading 😀 Enjoy it
Poor Chickens :(