October 6, 2008
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - An ultra-orthodox Jewish man pushes a chicken with his foot during the Kaparot ceremony in Mea Shearim Ultra Orthodox neighborhood on October 6, 2008 in Jerusalem, Israel. According to Jewish beliefs, the 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 holist day in the Jewish calendar, which will fall this year on October 8. (Photo by Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images)