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why does an unborn child need a kaparra ihe or she did not do any sins yet

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Some are accustomed to perform Kapparot for an unborn child, as you said not due to its sins, as he/she has not been able to sin yet, but as a spiritual ‘safety measure’, taking into account that the soul may need atonement from a previous incarnation.

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