An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man holds a chicken before he performs the Kaparot ritual, where white chickens are slaughtered as a symbolic gesture of atonement, ahead of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement in Bnei Brak, Israel in Bnei Brak October 9, 2016. (Photo by Baz Ratner/Reuters)





An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man holds a chicken as he performs the Kaparot ritual, where white chickens are slaughtered as a symbolic gesture of atonement, ahead of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, in Ashdod, Israel October 9, 2016. (Photo by Amir Cohen/Reuters)





People participate in the Jewish religious holiday of Kaporos in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, October 9, 2016. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Reuters)





Two girls read the Torah while people participate in the Jewish religious holiday of Kaporos in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, October 9, 2016. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Reuters)





People participate in the Jewish religious holiday of Kaporos in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, October 9, 2016. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Reuters)





People participate in the Jewish religious holiday of Kaporos in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, October 9, 2016. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Reuters)





People participate in the Jewish religious holiday of Kaporos in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, October 9, 2016. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Reuters)





People participate in the Jewish religious holiday of Kaporos in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, October 9, 2016. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Reuters)





People participate in the Jewish religious holiday of Kaporos in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, October 9, 2016. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Reuters)





People participate in the Jewish religious holiday of Kaporos in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, October 9, 2016. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Reuters)





People participate in the Jewish religious holiday of Kaporos in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, October 9, 2016. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Reuters)





People participate in the Jewish religious holiday of Kaporos in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, October 9, 2016. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Reuters)





People participate in the Jewish religious holiday of Kaporos in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, October 9, 2016. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Reuters)





People participate in the Jewish religious holiday of Kaporos in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, October 9, 2016. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Reuters)





An ultra-Orthodox Jewish youth holds a chicken as others perform the Kaparot ritual, where white chickens are slaughtered as a symbolic gesture of atonement, in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighbourhood October 10, 2016, ahead of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, which starts at sundown on Tuesday. (Photo by Ronen Zvulun/Reuters)





An ultra-Orthodox Jewish youth runs after a chicken during the Kaparot ritual, where white chickens are slaughtered as a symbolic gesture of atonement, in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighbourhood October 10, 2016, ahead of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, which starts at sundown on Tuesday. (Photo by Ronen Zvulun/Reuters)





An ultra-Orthodox Jewish youth holds a chicken as others perform the Kaparot ritual, where white chickens are slaughtered as a symbolic gesture of atonement, in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighbourhood October 10, 2016, ahead of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, which starts at sundown on Tuesday. (Photo by Ronen Zvulun/Reuters)