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Tel Aviv [Israel], August 28 (ANI/TPS): In preparation for the upcoming Yom Kippur holiday – the Jewish Day of Atonement – Israel’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development emphasized to the public the importance of observing the custom of redeeming atonements with money and not chickens. In the days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, it is customary to observe the custom of “redemption of atonements”. The ceremony is done by using live poultry, with the chicken usually donated to the poor afterwards, but as part of it unnecessary suffering is caused to the animal before it is slaughte…