Sunday, April 22, 2018

minhag - Sargenes vs. Kittel


This is fairly simple:


Growing up in the US, the only white robes available for wearing during Rosh haShannah and Yom Kippur are standard kittels. I have heard that the kittel worn in Germany prior to the Shoah (called a sargenes in Western Yiddish) is quite different.


What are the differences between the Eastern Kittel and the Western Sargenes and what does the latter look like?





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