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Title: Flora for Kaparos
Author: Chaim Simons Date: Aug 25 2011

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Rashi writes about taking flora for kaparos on erev Rosh Hashanah. The use of flora for kaparos is also mentioned by both Rav Yaakov Emden in his siddur (Shaarei Shamayim, page 112b) and the Mate Efraim (504-05: 4), but unlike Rashi, they state that the flora is used on erev Yom Kippur.