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A kitel (Yiddish for “gown”) is a white robe, traditionally worn on High Holidays and special occasions. It is worn over one’s clothing and is adorned with a white belt and a lace collar. The kitel is a mark of new beginnings, thus Jews tend to wear the kitel during Passover Seder and at weddings. Some Jews also chose to be buried in a kitel, wrapped as a shroud.
The kitel is symbolically white to represent one’s return to purity and forgiveness. This is why many Jews believe it is appropriate to wear the kitel during the High Holidays (Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur) in the time of atonement. It is during this time that Jews ask God to absolve any transgressions committed within the past year and to cleanse their souls. For the reason that the kitel is also used as a shroud, it emblematically reminds Jews of the solemnest of the High Holidays.
