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Kaporos

  • Kaporos, Yom Kippur
  • או"ח תרה

Kaparos is quite expensive. Is it just as good if all the females use the same one chicken?

  Question: Is it better for each of us to do our own chicken by Kaparos, or is it just as good to do one rooster for all the males…

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Is it allowed and appropriate to hold a chicken through gloves during Kaparos?

  It’s permissible to use gloves, especially as the one doing the kaporos isn’t performing the actual mitzvah of shechita. Still, it’s appropriate to demonstrate our love to the minhag…

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  • Kaporos
  • מעשה רב

כפרות באשמורת הבוקר: הסיבוב או השחיטה?

  שאלה: ע"פ פשטות ההלכה נראה שההקפדה לערוך כפרות באשמורת הבוקר הוא דווקא בנוגע להשחיטה (שלכאורה זהו עיקר ענין של כפרות). האם יש ענין ע"פ הלכה גם לעשות את הסדר…

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  • Kaporos

Order of Preference for Kaporos Timing

  Question: I see that according to the Alter Rebbe, the best time to do Kaporos is Erev Yom Kippur, at Ashmores Haboker. Being that I have young children at…

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  • Kaporos, Yom Kippur
  • Forgot, missed

I missed doing Kaporos before Yom Kippur, is there any way to do it after?

  The good year was sealed on Yom Kippur for you amongst all Yidden. We do Daven extra on Hoshana Rabba for more brachos. Give some extra Tzedaka and say…

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  • Kaporos, Yom Kippur

I am a Shochet. Can I shecht chickens for Kaporos and then give the to goyim without kashering them (due to lack of time to do everything) and then give the value of the chickens to Tzedakah?

  At least one chicken must be Kashered properly etc., so that the Brocha on the Shechita should not be in vain. Regarding the additional chickens, it is not permitted…

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  • Kaporos, Yom Kippur

What is preferred – Kaporos on Friday with chickens or on Sunday (Erev Yom Kippur) with money?

  Friday with chickens is preferred.   שהרי "כל עשרת ימי תשובה זמן כפרה הוא" (פרמ"ג סי' תר"ה א"א סק"א, ערוה"ש ס"ה, משנ"ב סק"ב, ועוד). ובעלי חיים קודמים למעות, מנהג…

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  • - עברית, Kaporos, Yom Kippur, Zmanim

מובא שנוהגים לערוך כפרות באשמורת הבוקר. איך מחשבים זאת?

  אשמורת הבוקר הוא האשמורה האחרונה של הלילה. י''ב שעות של הלילה - משקיעת החמה עד נץ החמה מחולקת לג' משמרות של ד' שעות זמניות כל אחד.   מקורות: ראה…

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  • Kaporos, Pregnancy, Yom Kippur

Kaporos for a Pregnant Woman

  Q1. Does a pregnant woman need to do Kaparos on behalf of the fetus? A. A pregnant woman uses two chickens and one rooster. She uses the plural formula…

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  • Customs, Kaporos, Tzar Baalei Chaim, Yom Kippur

Tzar Balei Chayim & Kaporos

  Question: The way Kaporos is done these days it looks like there’s a lot of tzar balei chaim going on. Therefore I ask, why are we so makpid to…

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  • Kaporos, Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur
  • aseres yemei teshuva, doing kaporos again at ashmores haboker, kaporos

I did Kaporos yesterday. I want to know if there is an Inyan at all of doing it again by Ashmores Haboker?

  In my specific situation, a Jew will for sure not eat since the only person who is available doesn't have Hoda’ah (even though he learned and Shechted many chickens…

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  • Kaporos, Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur
  • aseres yemei teshuva, doing kaporos for someone else, kaporos

I will be traveling when Kaporos places are open. Aside from using money, can my parents purchase a chicken for me if I’m not present?

  Yes. They should say: "זה חליפת (your name) זה תמורת ... זה כפרת ... זה התרנגול ילך "למיתה ו... ילך לחיים טובים ולשלום.   Sources: כתר שם טוב גאגין…

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  • Kaporos, Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur
  • aseres yemei teshuva, kaporos, kaporos with a fish, kaporos with money

We don’t have any chickens. How do we do Kaporos with money or fish?

You do with money the same you would with a chicken, just instead of saying "ze hatarnegol yeleich l'misa" you say "eilu hamo'ois teilachna litzdoko" ("אלו המעות תלכנה לצדקה"). Of…

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  • Kaporos, Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur
  • aseres yemei teshuva, female kaporos for man, kaporos, using a hen for a man

We only have a hen available for Kaporos this year. Should a man use a hen in this case or better do it with fish or money?

Being that no other chickens are available, the men should prefer the use of a hen over money or fish. If wanted, you can in addition do it on money…

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  • Kaporos, Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur
  • aseres yemei teshuva, ashmores haboker, kaporos, rosh hashana

What time or from when to when is the best time to do Kaporos in NYC this year (I know it says Ashmores Haboker but I want to tell my students what time to do it)?

  Ashmores Haboker is the last Mishmorah of the night. The 12 night hours - from sunset to sunrise - are divided into three Mishmaros of 4 Halachic hours each.…

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