[Uncle Chip]

In a parking lot near Jerusalem's Machane Yehuda market, dozens of live chickens are whirled above the heads of men, women and children while a pronouncement is made declaring: "This is my substitute, my vicarious offering, my atonement. This chicken will meet its fate while I will proceed to a good, long life of peace."

They are in the land of their fathers, but still a long way from Leviticus.

[CondorFlight]

“They are in the land of their fathers, but still a long way from Leviticus.”

A chicken is used because “gever” can mean both “chicken” and “man”. So, an innocent ‘man’ is made a substitute for their sins.