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Ultra Orthodox kid perform the Kaparot ceremony on September 10, 2013 in Jerusalem, Israel. The Jewish ritual is supposed to transfer the sins of the past year to the chicken, and is performed before the Day of Atonement, or Yom Kippur, the most important day in the Jewish calendar, which this year will start on sunset on September 13. Photo by Oren Nahshon