The Negative Effects Of Kapparot's Ceremony

The Ceremony of Kapparot From the beginning of recorded time, mankind has struggled with how to get rid of sins. From confession to sacrificing animals. The practice of Kapparot is a ceremony that includes the sacrificing of animals and the belief of transferring sins. The Kapparot ceremony is safe and rises the economic opportunity. The practice of Kapparot in Jerusalem has a negative impact on the community because it is wasteful, lowers self of steam and leads to disputes within the religion. Most importantly, the ceremony of Kapparot has a negative effect on the society because it leads to wastefulness within the religion. For example, “Furthermore, chicken of Kapparot may not be accepted even by the poor, because they are commonly perceived as being cursed after the ritual” (“Kapparot"). After the ceremony, the rooster or chicken involved with the practice is pronounced to be cursed. When the rooster or chicken is cursed they both can not be eaten. “ The
mass-slaughter of chickens on the day of high demand by a Shochet (licensed and trained "butcher"), repeatedly results in a certain percentage of chicken not slaughtered according to shechita due to haste, fatigue, imperfection and non-reviewed uncertainty.” (“Kapparot"). The slaughtering of chickens is not only wast-fullness but animal cruelty. Therefore the ceremony of Kapparot has a negative effect on the society because it leads to waste-fullness within the religion.

Not only does the ceremony of Kapparot is wasteful but it also leads to lower self of steam.
For example, “Some Jews also oppose the use of chickens for Kapparot on the grounds of Tza’ar Ba’alei Chayim (the principle banning cruelty to animals)”. This shows that Kapparot leads to even more negative effects then lowering the self of steam and wastefulness. “ On 2005 Yom Kippur eve, a number of caged chickens were abandoned in rainy weather as part of a kapparot operation in Brooklyn, New York; some of these starving and dehydrated chickens were subsequently rescued by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.” (“Kapparot") This is a example of when chickens predicted to be involved with the ceremony abandoned. “In the United States, the Kapparot ritual would seem to be constitutionally protected as an exercise of freedom of religion, based upon a 1993 U.S. Supreme Court.”(“Kapparot") The freedom of religion in the Amendments protect the ceremony from being
banned. Finally, the ceremony results to disputes within the religion. For example, “Kapparot was strongly opposed by some rabbis, among them Nahmanides, Solomon ben Adret, and Yosef Karo, who expressed concern that it was of non-Jewish origin.” (“Kapparot"). This shows that the ceremony leads to mixed feelings about the ceremony. “Kapparot is not mentioned in the Torah or in the Talmud.”(Schwartz, Richard) It is not mentioned in the religious books of the Jewish region. To some it all up, the practice of Kapparot in Jerusalem has a negative impact on the community.