Thank you for understanding much of my poem. Actually, in ancient days, a
goat was released into the wilderness literally but to represent the casting
away of sin. We wear white to symbolize the return to purity. The kittel is a
garment that religious Jewish men wear on Yom Kippur, on their wedding day, and
in which they are buried.
kol tuv, Ryfkah
In a message dated 09/30/2004 10:44:48 AM, [log in to unmask] writes:
<< Hello Ryfkah. This clearly concerned with your Day of Atonement.
I assume the first opening line is the Scapegoat, to which we attach all our
sins.
There is a nice cross connection with the third stanza through the repetition
of " wilderness". The women folk kept from sinning by being removed from
temptation, kept in the home. I understand kittel as some form of ceremonial
dress. The food dreams are invoked by the abstinence of the day, fasting being part
of the ritual, I understand. The white light towards the end is the
forgiveness won. A cleansing, a renewal, a rebirth. I love the placing of the mundane
white shoes in all this tense ritualism, a >>
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