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Kittel

Yad

White robe held by a belt and worn on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, and other occasions.

Translations

  • Hebrewקיטל
  • GermanKittel
  • RussianКитл
  • FrenchKittel
  • DutchKittel
  • ItalianKittel
  • CzechKitl
  • Hungarian
  • SpanishKitel
  • GreekΚίτελ
  • PolishKitel
  • Arabicعباءة طقسية
  • Yiddish
  • Ladino

Bibliography

Kitel.” Encyclopedia Judaica, ed. Fred Solnik et al., vol. 12, Detroit & Jerusalem: Thomson Gale and Keter Publishing House, 2007, p. 206.

Glick, Shmuel. Or Naga’ Aleyhem: Hazika She-Bein Minhagei Nisu’in Le-Minhagei Evalut Be-Mesoret Yisrael [Light Has Dawned: The Relationship Between Marriage and Mourning Customs in Israeli Tradition], Jerusalem: JTS Schocken 2020, 129-40.

Juhasz, Esther, ed. The Jewish Wardrobe: From the Collection of The Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Milan: 5 Continents Editions, 2012, pp. 35, 208, 317.

Lebet-Minakowska, Anna. “KoƗnierze [Collars for the Kittel].”  Katalog judaików: Cz. 1. Tkaniny [Catalog of Judaica: Vol. 1 Fabrics], Krakow: Muzeum Narodowe, 2008, pp. 30, 211-36.

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