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In line with the Jewish tradition of transferring the sins of the past year to the chicken before the Day of Atonement, or Yom Kippur, the most important day in the Jewish calendar, which this year falls on September 7. The chicken are later slaughtered and donated to the poor.

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In line with the Jewish tradition of transferring the sins of the past year to the chicken before the Day of Atonement, or Yom Kippur, the most important day in the Jewish calendar, which this year falls on September 7. The chicken are later slaughtered and donated to the poor.