Kapparot 2024
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The prayer to be read (Transcription)
Bnei adam yoshvei hoshech vetzalmavet asirei oni u’varzel
Yotzi’em mihoshech vetzalmavet umosroteihem yenatek
Evilim miderech pish’am ume’avonoteihem yit’anu
Kol ochel teta’ev nafsham veyagi’u ad sha’arei mavet
Vayiz’aku el Adonai batzar lahem mimetzukoteihem yoshi’em
Yishlach dvaro vayirap’em vayimalet mishchitutam
Yodu la’Adonai chasdo venifle’otav livnei adam
Im yesh alav mal’ach melitz echad mini elef l’ehagid le’adam yoshro
Vayechunenu vayomer pda’ehu miredet shachat matzati chofer
The following text is said 3 times:
There are those who turn the atonement coins over their head 3 times
This is my substitute. This is my compensation. This is my atonement. This money will go to charity
And I will go to a good, long and peaceful life
After the ceremony, donate the kapparot money at the website, you can come back and use the coins for your personal use.
Translation
Some sat in darkness, in utter darkness, prisoners suffering in iron chains.
He brought them out of darkness, the utter darkness, and broke away their chains.
Some became fools through their rebellious ways and suffered affliction because of their iniquities.
They loathed all food and drew near the gates of death.
Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.
He sent out his word and healed them; He rescued them from the grave.
Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind.
If there be for him an angel, a mediator, one of the thousand, to declare to man what is right for him.
and he is merciful to him, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down into the pit; I have found a ransom.
Hebrew
:בּנֵי אָדם יוֹשְׁבֵי חשֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָוֶת אֲסִירֵי עֳנִי וּבַרְזֶל
:יוֹצִיאֵם מֵחשֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָוֶת וּמוֹסְרוֹתֵיהֶם יְנַתֵּק
:אֱוִילִים מִדֶּרֶךְ פִּשְׁעָם וּמֵעֲוֹנֹתֵיהֶם יִתְעַנּו
:כָּל אֹכֶל תְּתַעֵב נַפְשָׁם וַיַּגִּיעוּ עַד שַׁעֲרֵי מָוֶת
:וַיִּזְעֲקוּ אֶל ה’ בַּצַּר לָהֶם מִמְּצוּקוֹתֵיהֶם יוֹשִׁיעֵם
:יִשְׁלַח דְּבָרוֹ וְיִרְפָּאֵם וִימַלֵּט מִשְּׁחִיתוֹתָם
:יוֹדוּ לה’ חַסְדּוֹ וְנִפְלְאוֹתָיו לִבְנֵי אָדָם
:אִם יֵשׁ עָלָיו מַלְאָךְ מֵלִיץ אֶחָד מִנִּי אָלֶף. לְהַגִּיד לְאָדָם יָשְׁרוֹ
:וַיְחֻנֶּנּוּ וַיֹּאמֶר פְּדָעֵהוּ מֵרֶדֶת שַׁחַת מָצָאתִי כֹפֶר
זֶה חֲלִיפָתִי. זֶה תְּמוּרָתִי. זֶה כַּפָּרָתִי. זה הכסף ילך לצדקה
וַאֲנִי אֵלֵךְ לְחַיִּים טוֹבִים אֲרוּכִים וּלְשָׁלוֹם
Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year for the Jewish people, as is said in the Torah
“Because on this day atonement will be made for you, to cleanse you. Then, before the Lord, you will be clean from all your sins.”
On Beit Chabad’s Kippur website, you will learn the holy day’s rules and customs as well as everything you need to know about the holy day.
In addition, you can observe the kapparot mitzvah with Beit Chabad.
The donation is secured via credit card or paypal
The atonement mitzvah
It is a mitzvah to perform atonement before Yom Kippur, the atonement ceremony can be performed using a chicken or by donating money to a charity on Yom Kippur eve.
The mitzvah period
To begin with, the atonement mitzvah should be performed in the ten days of repentance – the days between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.
Kapparot Online 2024 – How much to give per person?
In Jewish law, it is customary to give the equivalent of a chicken for each person in the household. A pregnant woman makes a donation for her fetus as well.
In practice, there are different customs, from those who give $18 per person (HAI in gematria), and those who give 10 times HAI, a sum of $180
It is right for every person to act according to their family’s tradition, and anyone giving charity is rewarded from above.
Atonement prayers said for another person
If the prayer is said for another person, one should say “this is your substitute, your compensation, your atonement”.
Family member who isn’t present at the moment?
The atonement mitzvah can be performed for someone who isn’t present.
In such a case, one should say “the substitute of [person’s name]”.
A person who has not observed the mitzvah in time
A person who has not observed the mitzvah on Yom Kippur eve should complete the atonement custom in Hohsana Rabba – the seventh day of Sukkot.
Since this day is considered to be a small Yom Kippur.
Giving atonement from tithe money (ma’aser)
Tithe money should not be used to observe the bulk of the atonement mitzvah.
But the addition beyond the minimum required can certainly be taken from tithe money.
Table of Contents:
When is Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur 2024/5785 begins on Friday Tishrei 9 – 11/10/2024, at sunset
and ends the next day, Tishrei 10 – 12/10/2024 when the stars come out.
The atonement (Kapparot) mitzvah
It is a mitzvah to perform the atonement custom on Yom Kippur.
The ceremony contains a prayer in which we ask God to grant us a long and peaceful life, along with giving charity.
The mitzvah can be performed using a chicken, a fish or alternatively, atonement can be done using money, also called kapparot.
Read more about the kapparot mitzvah.
The significance of Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur has the great virtue of being able to atone for sins, as the wise men of old said “the intensity of an atoning day”.
It is important to know that atonement is actually for transgressions between man and God, but when it comes to transgressions between man and his fellow man, there is no atonement until the other person is satisfied, and so one should always ask for forgiveness from anyone he fears he may have offended throughout the year.
Read more about why we fast on Yom Kippur.
What happened on Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur is the day when God forgave the Israelites for the grave sin of the golden calf. As described in the verse:
“forgive our wickedness and our sin, and take us as your inheritance“ (Exodus 34:9)
Customs of Yom Kippur eve 2024
Asking forgiveness
Since Yom Kippur does not atone for transgressions between man and his fellow man, it is customary to ask for forgiveness from all friends who may have been offended or hurt for any reason throughout the year.
Receiving Lekach
It is customary to request and receive a piece of honey cake at the synagogue, the reason being that if we ever find ourselves relying on charity, we have done our duty.
Immersion in a Mikvah
It is customary to immerse on Yom Kippur eve as preparation for the holy day.
Holiday feast
Yom Kippur eve is a holiday and it is a mitzvah to hold a festive feast and to eat a lot.
He who is meticulous in observing the mitzvah of eating on Yom Kippur eve is considered to have fasted for two days, the 9th and the 10th.
Read more about the final meal before the fast
Confession and Lashes
It is customary for all men to receive 39 lashes – the custom is to take a belt and lightly whip your friend’s back 39 times.
In addition, in the Mincha prayer, the confession phrasing which appears in the siddur is used.
Lighting candles
It is a mitzvah to light candles on Yom Kippur eve, there are several types of candles with different purposes, read more about lighting candles on Yom Kippur
What is done on Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur is a day capable of forgiveness and atonement for all our sins and so, during the day, we cease all work, fast, abstaining from food and drink, and say prayers.
It is customary to wear white clothes, read more about white kittels
The 5 prohibitions of Yom Kippur
Read more about the prohibitions of Yom Kippur
- Food and drink
- Bathing
- Applying oil products on the body
- Wearing sandals
- conjugal relations
The prayers of Yom Kippur
Read more about the holy day’s prayers
End of the Kippur fast
Upon the end of the fast, we say the Arvit, Havdalah and Kiddush Levanah prayers.
We wish favorable judgment in the book of life to you and all the people of Israel
