Ultra-Orthodox Jews perform Kaparot ritual ahead of Yom Kippur

Ultra-Orthodox Jews perform the Kaparot ritual, where white chickens are slaughtered as a symbolic gesture of atonement, ahead of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, in Beit Shemesh, Israel, Oct. 6, 2019. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)