kaparot
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Waving chickens above their heads, ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel performed the ritual of "kaparot" ahead of Yom Kippur, the most sacred day of the Jewish calendar, which begins at sundown on Tuesday."
- "An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man swings a chicken over his child’s head in Bnei Brak, Israel, on Thursday, October 10. It was part of the Kaparot ritual a day before the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur."