<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" align="left"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Rashi writes about taking flora for kaparos on erev Rosh Hashanah. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>The use of flora for kaparos is also mentioned by both Rav Yaakov Emden in his siddur<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>(Shaarei Shamayim, page 112b) and the Mate Efraim<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>(504-05: 4), but unlike Rashi, they state that the flora is used on erev Yom Kippur. </span></span></span></p>