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K-Gr 6 A story about the custom of Kapores, told by a man looking back on his childhood in a 19th-century Russian village. As described here, the ritual involves holding a chicken over someone's head while reciting a prayer in order to rid the person of the year's misdeeds. Triggering a commotion in the prayer house, the boy is sent outside and observes the chicken population leaving town. They're fed up with being vehicles for a New Year's clean slate. The boy pleads with the revolutionaries, saying he needs ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Silverman adapts a tale by Sholom Aleichem, known best for his stories of Tevye the Milkman. A young boy explains the custom of making Kapores—waving a chicken over one's head to get rid of one's sins—and recalls the year the chickens went on strike. The boy believes that he of all people needs to make Kapores fo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More