JERUSALEM, ISRAEL – OCTOBER 02: An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man performs the Kaparot ceremony on October 02, 2014 in Jerusalem, Israel. The Jewish ritual is supposed to transfer the sins of the past year to the chicken, and is performed before the Day of Atonement, or Yom Kippur, the most important day in the Jewish calendar, which this year will start on sunset on October 03. (Photo by Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images)