Kaparot

Illegal Arab infiltrator shows off impressive halakhic expertise

Palestinian arrested in Beit Shemesh for entering Israel illegally and selling chickens.

Community leaders promise to file complaint with local police.

Despite growing campaign to outlaw 'Kaparot' ritual with chickens, the city of Haifa announces that the ritual can proceed uninterrupted.

Petah Tikva warns against performing ritual with chickens without permit, reiterates ban on slaughtering chickens in the street.

Haredi MK criticizes Ministry of Agriculture for its campaign to get people to use money instead of chickens for kaparot ritual.

Director of human rights organization Betzalmo says that the campaign against kaparot is a perversion of values.

Animal rights activists and members of a Petach Tikvah synagogue Sunday faced off over the pre-Yom Kippur ritual of kaparot

Animal rights group claim 2,000 year-old ritual, in which chickens are given to the poor, is a 'public nuisance' and 'animal cruelty.'

The Agriculture Ministry is urging Israelis to stop using live chickens when performing the ritual of kaparot this year.

Hikind slams Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit against controversial Kaparot custom as a 'disgusting misrepresentation.'

Environment Minister Amir Peretz slammed the practice of kaparot, saying that it was cruel and unusual.

Agudath Israel of America has reissued a notice calling for greater vigilance when conducting the High Holiday ritual.