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An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish woman swings a chicken over her family during the Kaparot ceremony on September 20, 2012 in Bnei Brak, 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 25.

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