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An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man swings a chicken over his head as he performs a Kaparot ceremony at an outdoor market in Jerusalem's Mea Sharim neighborhood. The ritual, in which it is believed that one transfers one's sins from the past year into a chicken, is performed before the Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish year. After the ceremony the chicken is slaughtered and given to the poor.

Did they stop using goats - or were they too heavy to swing?

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QUOTES & TOASTS of the DAY - QUOTES

"I never know how much of what I say is true."- - Bette Midler

I have nothing intelligent to say.- - Meg Tilly, when approached by a TV reporter asking questions on her way into the 1997 Oscar ceremonies.

I am not denying anything I did not say.- - -Brian Mulrooney

I really didn't say everything I said.- - Yogi Berra

I'm a meathead. I can't help it, man. You've got smart people and you've got dumb people.- - Keanu Reeves