[Avodah] Kaparos? For PETA's Sake!

[Rich, Joel]

But as I said, the bigger issue for me is how exactly this Minhag got
started in the first place? IIRC the Gemarah talks about it.  What was
the point of it?  Isn't Kaparah for
Aveiros all about doing Teshuva? ...and not about transferring Averios
onto a  chicken? I doubt that this practice has it's origin in the
Torah. The Torah speaks of Karbanos on the Mizbeach. Not chickens waved
over the head 3 times and thrown on the floor.
   
HM 
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Actuarial logic-we see the logic by a karban for shogeig - it should be
me etc.. but we don't want anyone to think it's a real karban etc.
 
IIRC last time I looked into this the Ari was quoted as a kabbalistic
source for the practice and the gra said darkei emori but most telling
to me was that it was brought down by the mahari dura as "nahagu haam"
which based on the gemara taanit 26a simply means people started doing
and we don't stop them - (me perhaps similar to the wisdom of the jewish
people extolled by R'YBS)

KT
joel rich
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