Kittel

After leading her congregation in prayer, in preparation for the Torah service, Savina donned a kittel, a traditional burial shroud, to acknowledge that this celebration was also the beginning of the last chapter of her life. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I also changed into a kittel (white robe used as a shroud) during the ceremony because I wanted to acknowledge that I was on the journey to the end of my life. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Holidays I wear his kittel, and I prepare for the High Holidays from the mahzor of my uncle, Rabbi Mordechai Stern. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And now we understand why we rehearse our death on Yom Kippur–why we say Vidui and wear a kittel and refrain from eating–why in the middle of this day, we send our proxy, now the cantor, into the dangerous emptiness at the center. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The act of wrapping and unwrapping these objects in white cloths alludes not only to an ordinary physical act (albeit one that brings to mind the white kittel, the prayergown-turned-shroud, in which Orthodox Jews are buried), but also a metaphysical one — a metaphor for concealment and discovery. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As I headed back down to the chapel in my white kittel, the special garment that is the color of mercy, worn only on the Day of Atonement, I heard a precocious five-year-old avouch nasally, “My Barbie wins” ❋ Yona Zeldis McDonough (1999)

The rabbi hung up his topcoat and hat and put on his skullcap and the white robe which was the conservative compromise on the orthodox kittel or grave vestment. ❋ Kemelman, Harry (1966)

And now we understand why we rehearse our death on Yom Kippur-why we say Vidui and wear a kittel and refrain from eating-why in the middle of this day, we send our proxy, now the cantor, into the dangerous emptiness at the center. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Once the groom makes his way down the aisle, it's customary for Ashkenazi grooms to don a kittel, a white robe that's worn in the synagogue on Yom Kippur, and, like the bride's white dress, represents holiness and purity. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Yom Kippur -- when we do not eat or drink or engage in physical pleasure, and when there is a custom to wear a kittel like a shroud -- is a dress rehearsal for death. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Klausenberger Rebbe dressed in a white kittel, the white linen robe traditionally worn on Yom Kippur, and wrapped in a large tallit, looked angelic and pure ❋ Unknown (2008)

Wearing a kittel on Yom Kippur thus reminds us of our final day of judgment when we will be laid to rest. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Suddenly, the Klausenberger Rebbe began removing off his own kittel. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The white, linen kittel is a symbol of purity that we achieve through our introspection and efforts to repair all our wrongs. ❋ Unknown (2008)

He then pointed to his kittel - and began to speak slowly, deliberately, tearfully: ❋ Unknown (2008)

Besides, my kittel will cover it during services. " ❋ Kemelman, Harry (1966)

He has doffed his white kittel (blouse), and has wriggled himself into a short-waisted, long-skirted, German frock-coat, which, having been badly packed in his knapsack, exhibits every crease and wrinkle it has acquired during a three weeks’ march. ❋ William Duthie (N/A)