
Ultra-Orthodox Jews select Etrogs, or citrons, used in rituals performed during the upcoming Jewish festival of Sukkot in the neighborhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem, on Sept. 29, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Junqing)

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 the neighborhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem, on Sept. 29, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Junqing)

Ultra-Orthodox Jews select chickens before the Kaparot ritual, where white chickens are slaughtered as a symbolic gesture of atonement ahead of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, in the neighborhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem, on Sept. 29, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Junqing)

Ultra-Orthodox Jews select chickens before the Kaparot ritual, where white chickens are slaughtered as a symbolic gesture of atonement ahead of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, in the neighborhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem, on Sept. 29, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Junqing)

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 the neighborhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem, on Sept. 29, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Junqing)



