My kids go to school in a predominently hebrew/jewish neighborhood and I noticed an advertisement with a chicken/rooster on it . What do they do with it and what does it symbolize in the judaic practice? I believe it's a kapot?
~Just a curious gentile~
2006-09-26 11:24:50 · 6 answers · asked by boopadoop2u 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I couldn't read it, it was in the jewish language.
2006-09-26 11:29:18 · update #1
The act of Kapparot is an act of "cleansing yourself of your sins". A chicken was used, (it still is by the ultra religious) , to be a scapegoat and suffer the punishment that should have been for the sinner. This cruel act, I won't go into details , is performed once a year before the day of attonement which falls next week. Most observant jews today give money to charity instead of torturing achicken to death,
2006-09-27 10:55:40 · answer #1 · answered by mindtelepathy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The soup is often associated with European Jewish cuisine, in which chicken soup is the basis for several traditional holiday courses, such as chicken soup with matzah balls for Passover. Although poverty was rampant in the shtetl, chicken-raising required little land or financial investment[1]. Every Jewish family would try to acquire at least one chicken in honor of the Shabbat meals, and would try to stretch it as far as it would go. Thus, every part of the chicken was used, leading to the creation of such dishes as p'tcha (chicken feet), pupiks (roasted gizzards), chopped liver (chicken liver), stuffed hezel (chicken neck), and schmaltz and greben (respectively, chicken fat and cracklings made from the fat and the skins). Chicken soup also proved to be a "recyclable" dish. Parts of the chicken—especially the breasts, which produce a more delicate flavor during the boiling process—were boiled as chicken soup and then reused afterwards in such dishes as kreplach, knishes, and blintzes. Tortelloni-like kreplach are traditionally added to the soup on the eve of Yom Kippur. Lokshen (flat egg noodles) are also a favorite Jewish addition to chicken soup. A lesser known garnish is unlaid chicken eggs, removed from the ovaries of a laying chicken. Herbs traditionally served with Jewish chicken soup are parsley and dill.
Chicken soup is sometimes referred to as "Jewish penicillin", in recognition of its curative powers
2006-09-26 19:22:25 · answer #2 · answered by NonnieFrog 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A chicken is just food. You need to take a closer look at the ad.
2006-09-26 18:26:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They make soup out of the chicken and call it penicillin.
2006-09-26 18:33:43 · answer #4 · answered by josephine 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Voodoo. Cover all bases.
2006-09-26 18:27:32 · answer #5 · answered by changRdie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes its that time of year again
trust me you dont want to know what kaparrot is.
ok ok here
http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=11155
2006-09-26 18:29:14 · answer #6 · answered by Gamla Joe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋