Hi Ryfkah,
Thanks! When I looked up the word "kitttel" I got the whole story. But I
still find myself wondering if it's wearing the kittel that repairs the
soul. I suspect I would need to be more involved with Judaism and how it's
practised to feel at ease with what's being said.
Bob
>From: Ryfkah * <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: New: By the Sea (bob)
>Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 22:29:56 EDT
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>In a message dated 10/03/2006 5:02:06 AM, [log in to unmask]
>writes:
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><< The only puzzle I feel confounded by ismaking sense of:
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>"These garb me with wedding attire
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>funeral apparel my soul’s repair" >>
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>In Judaism, an observant man is married and buried in a kittel, a white
>garment...also it is worn on the Jewish High holidays, especially Yom
>Kippur, the
>day of attonement.
>
>kol tuv, Ryfkah
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