Thursday, September 16, 2021

Traditional Jewish Malkot Ceremony

 


 

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man whips a member of his Hasidic dynasty with a leather strap as a symbolic punishment for his sins last year, during the traditional Malkot (whipping in Hebrew) ceremony, ahead of Yom Kippur that begins at sunset, in the city of Beit Shemesh, near Jerusalem, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. Yom Kippur is Judaism's day of atonement, when devout Jews ask God to forgive them for their transgressions and refrain from eating and drinking, attending intense prayer services in synagogues.

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