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Kapparot with Money (Sephardic Preference)

The widespread Sephardic preference for using money (donated to tzedakah) rather than chicken for pre-Yom Kippur kapparot. Rooted in Rama's note on SA O.C. 605; strengthened by the Chida and modern Sephardic poskim.

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Shulchan Arukh HaRav · Shneur Zalman of Liadi · c. 1795 CE

Relevance: High

וְנוֹהֲגִין לִתֵּן הַכַּפָּרוֹת לָעֲנִיִּים. וְיוֹתֵר טוֹב לִפְדּוֹת הַכַּפָּרָה בְּמָמוֹן וּלְחַלֵּק הַמָּמוֹן לָעֲנִיִּים, כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא יִתְבַּיְּשׁוּ הָעֲנִיִּים בְּמַה שֶּׁנּוֹתְנִים לָהֶם הַתַּ

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Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim · Joseph Karo · c. 1563 CE

Relevance: High

A Sephardic custom of giving money to charity instead of using a chicken for the pre-Yom Kippur kapparot atonement ritual, based on halakhic preferences and ethical considerations. The base halakhah o

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Kaf HaChayim on Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim · Yaakov Chaim Sofer · c. 1900 CE

Relevance: High

A Sephardic custom of giving money to charity instead of using a chicken for the pre-Yom Kippur kapparot atonement ritual, based on halakhic preferences and ethical considerations. (Yaakov Chaim Sofer

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Chazon Ovadia (metadata) :: kapparot-money :: generalcurated_attribution

Chazon Ovadia · Ovadia Yosef

Citation only · not on Sefaria
Relevance: High

A Sephardic custom of giving money to charity instead of using a chicken for the pre-Yom Kippur kapparot atonement ritual, based on halakhic preferences and ethical considerations. (Ovadia Yosef) Mode

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Abudarham · Rabbi David Abudarham · c. 1330 CE

Relevance: Moderate

ערב יום הכפורים נוהגין במקצת מקומות לשחוט תרנגול לכפרה. וכן כתוב בתשובות הגאונים וששאלתם שאנו רגילין לשחוט ערב יום הכפורים תרנגול ואין אנו יודעים מנהג זה למה אי משום תמורה מאי שנא תרנגול מבהמה וחיה הא

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