Photos of car-free Jerusalem and the kapparot ritual before Yom Kippur
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10:10 AM on Monday, September 21
By OHAD ZWIGENBERG
JERUSALEM (AP) — Jerusalem’s streets emptied of cars as Israelis observed Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar. Some took part in kapparot, a traditional atonement ritual involving a chicken, before the day of fasting and prayer.