We do not do Kiddush Livanah (sanctify the New Moon) until immediately after Yom Kippur (some do sanctify the New Moon before Yom Kippur).
TUESDAY, 8 TISHREI, Oct. 11
Selichos: 13 Midos. (Some say the Selichos of 13 Midos on the preceeding Monday, 7 Tishrei, and they say the Selichos for 7 Tishrei today).
[rav henkin noted that the custom of kapporos requires great diligence so that no error in ritual slaughter result from the great number of fowl to be slaughtered in a very limited amount of time. nowadays, the custom should be relegated to several days before yom kippur. it is sufficient to have one bird slaughtered on behalf of several individuals. one is permitted to say on behalf of another, "this is the kapporah — atonement for so and so," even if he is not present. the kapporos should be redeemed with money that is then given to tzedakah, or let the whole process be done with money as redemption for the soul (damim in hebrew refers to both soul [”ki hadam hu hanefesh"] as well as ‘money,' so we have Damim — ‘money' in place of Damim — [the soul]).
The place where the kapora is recited should not be near the box of chickens. See Orach Chaim Siman 79 paragraph 7.
Important Numbers
