JERUSALEM (AP) — Jerusalem’s streets emptied of cars as Israelis observed Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar. Some took part in kapparot, a traditional atonement ritual involving a chicken, before the day of fasting and prayer.
A boy rides his bicycle on a car-free road during the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, in Jerusalem, Monday, Sept. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man swings a chicken over his children's heads as part of the Kaparot ritual ahead of the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur in Jerusalem, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
People walk along a car-free road during the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, in Jerusalem, Monday, Sept. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men pray ahead of Yom Kippur, which begins at sunset, in Beit Shemesh, Israel, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men receive cakes from their Rebbe ahead of Yom Kippur, which begins at sunset, in Beit Shemesh, Israel, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Girls ride their bicycles on a car-free road during the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, in Jerusalem, Monday, Sept. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man swings a chicken over his head as part of the Kaparot ritual ahead of the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur in Jerusalem, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men buy chickens to perform the Kaparot ritual ahead of the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur in Jerusalem, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
A Jewish man, wrapped in a prayer shawl, walks beside the Old City walls in Jerusalem during the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, Monday, Sept. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man swings a chicken over a woman's head as part of the Kaparot ritual ahead of the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur in Jerusalem, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
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, Beit Shemesh, Israel, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
A man rides his bicycle along a car-free main road during the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur in Jerusalem, Monday, Sept. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
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A boy rides his bicycle on a car-free road during the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, in Jerusalem, Monday, Sept. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man swings a chicken over his children's heads as part of the Kaparot ritual ahead of the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur in Jerusalem, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
People walk along a car-free road during the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, in Jerusalem, Monday, Sept. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men pray ahead of Yom Kippur, which begins at sunset, in Beit Shemesh, Israel, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men receive cakes from their Rebbe ahead of Yom Kippur, which begins at sunset, in Beit Shemesh, Israel, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Girls ride their bicycles on a car-free road during the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, in Jerusalem, Monday, Sept. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man swings a chicken over his head as part of the Kaparot ritual ahead of the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur in Jerusalem, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men buy chickens to perform the Kaparot ritual ahead of the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur in Jerusalem, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
A Jewish man, wrapped in a prayer shawl, walks beside the Old City walls in Jerusalem during the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, Monday, Sept. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man swings a chicken over a woman's head as part of the Kaparot ritual ahead of the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur in Jerusalem, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
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, Beit Shemesh, Israel, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
