I also changed into a kittel (white robe used as a shroud) during the ceremony because I wanted to acknowledge that I was on the journey to the end of my life.    From Wordnik.com.  [Savina Teubal, 1926–2005: Statement] Reference

The rabbi hung up his topcoat and hat and put on his skullcap and the white robe which was the conservative compromise on the orthodox kittel or grave vestment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry]

After leading her congregation in prayer, in preparation for the Torah service, Savina donned a kittel, a traditional burial shroud, to acknowledge that this celebration was also the beginning of the last chapter of her life.    From Wordnik.com.  [We Remember - Savina J. Teubal, 1926 - 2005] Reference

The act of wrapping and unwrapping these objects in white cloths alludes not only to an ordinary physical act (albeit one that brings to mind the white kittel, the prayergown-turned-shroud, in which Orthodox Jews are buried), but also a metaphysical one — a metaphor for concealment and discovery.    From Wordnik.com.  [Artists: Contemporary Anglo.] Reference

Suddenly, the Klausenberger Rebbe began removing off his own kittel.    From Wordnik.com.  [Israelated - English Israel blogs] Reference

Wearing a kittel on Yom Kippur thus reminds us of our final day of judgment when we will be laid to rest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Israelated - English Israel blogs] Reference

The white, linen kittel is a symbol of purity that we achieve through our introspection and efforts to repair all our wrongs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Israelated - English Israel blogs] Reference

The Klausenberger Rebbe dressed in a white kittel, the white linen robe traditionally worn on Yom Kippur, and wrapped in a large tallit, looked angelic and pure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Israelated - English Israel blogs] Reference

Yom Kippur -- when we do not eat or drink or engage in physical pleasure, and when there is a custom to wear a kittel like a shroud -- is a dress rehearsal for death.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aish.com] Reference

Once the groom makes his way down the aisle, it's customary for Ashkenazi grooms to don a kittel, a white robe that's worn in the synagogue on Yom Kippur, and, like the bride's white dress, represents holiness and purity.    From Wordnik.com.  [metalia] Reference

And now we understand why we rehearse our death on Yom Kippur-why we say Vidui and wear a kittel and refrain from eating-why in the middle of this day, we send our proxy, now the cantor, into the dangerous emptiness at the center.    From Wordnik.com.  [Danya Ruttenberg] Reference

Besides, my kittel will cover it during services. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry]

He has doffed his white kittel (blouse), and has wriggled himself into a short-waisted, long-skirted, German frock-coat, which, having been badly packed in his knapsack, exhibits every crease and wrinkle it has acquired during a three weeks’ march.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France] Reference

"Since the kittel reminds us of the burial shroud of those that passed on before us," continued the Klausenberger Rebbe, "why are we wearing a kittel today?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Israelated - English Israel blogs] Reference

"One of the reasons we wear this kittel is because it is the traditional burial garment, in which we wrap a body before laying it to rest in the ground, as we do when we bury our parents and those that came before us.    From Wordnik.com.  [Israelated - English Israel blogs] Reference

40 minutes ago, -1 / +5what doesn't he just get kittel back then?.    From Wordnik.com.  [digg.com: Stories / Popular] Reference

I removed my kittel.    From Wordnik.com.  [English-writing Israeli-bloggers] Reference

(I love a good kittel reference.).    From Wordnik.com.  [What War Zone???] Reference

"No kittel!" he cried out in an anguished voice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Israelated - English Israel blogs] Reference

He then pointed to his kittel - and began to speak slowly, deliberately, tearfully.    From Wordnik.com.  [Israelated - English Israel blogs] Reference