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Kapparos (Re: Women ride in back on sex-segregated Brooklyn bus line) |
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Posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Wed Oct 26 10:25:21 2011, in response to Re: Women ride in back on sex-segregated Brooklyn bus line, posted by BrooklynBus on Tue Oct 25 17:25:02 2011. When you say Orthodox, I am assuming you are including everyone. When I say it, I am really referring only to the Ultra-Orthodox.When you say "Ultra-Orthodox," I assume you mean Haredi and/or Hasidic Jews (no, they are not the same thing) who have customs above and beyond Orthodox Judaism that are not necessarily in line with Orthodox Judaism. I hate the term "Ultra-Orthodox." I mean Orthodox Jews -- those who strictly observe the religion -- who are unfairly demonized by outsiders because of customs practiced by small communities of what you call "Ultra-Orthodox" that are not representative of Orthodox Judaism as a whole. Can you give me an estimate of what percentage of them still practice it? No, although it is only a portion of communities that themselves constitute a small percentage of Orthodox Jews. By the way, I've never actually seen it done and assumed from the media hoopla that the chickens were actually swung around and terrified. Here's some actual video of kapparos in action. I was surprised to see that the chicken is just held by the shoulders and lifted into the air. It's not "swung" by any means. I don't know how chickens take to heights, but the bird doesn't look too upset and is certainly less "tortured" than it would be on a typical industrial poultry farm. |
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