An ultra-Orthodox Jew holds a chicken beside his son as he performs the Kaparot ritual ahead of the holiday of Yom Kippur in Bnei Brak near Tel Aviv September 15, 2010. Kaparot is a custom connected to Yom Kippur, where white chickens are slaughtered as a symbolic gesture of atonement. The slaughtered chickens are then donated to the poor. REUTERS/Nir Elias (ISRAEL - Tags: RELIGION)