In this picture, Kew Garden Hills, Queens, is the setting for kapparot, one of the more unusual Jewish folk customs. This boys mother holds a prayer book for him as he waves a chicken over his head. Through this act, which is practiced just before Yom Kippur, a persons sins are symbolically transferred to the bird. The chicken is then given as charity to a needy family. Although some people still practice this custom with a live bird, others use coins instead and then give the money to charity.