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The universal Ashkenazi minhag is to wear the kittel on Yom Kippur.

I have heard of some who wear the kittel also on Rosh HaShanah. Is this a true minhag? I suspect it might be a Jeckishe (German) minhag, but I'm not so sure.

ezra
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  • "a true minhag" What's that? Do you mean are there people who actually do this? – Double AA Sep 07 '17 at 19:59
  • @DoubleAA I mean does anyone do this because of minhag, not just misguidance. – ezra Sep 07 '17 at 19:59
  • possible dupe https://judaism.stackexchange.com/q/10536/759 – Double AA Sep 07 '17 at 20:04
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    "I mean does anyone do this because of minhag, not just misguidance" - I DO! Have been doing it since I was a late teen-ager. My family is not Yekkish, though, my maternal grandparents lived in Belgium for many years so gained some Germanic minhagim. However, the majority of people in my shul, also not Yekkish, wore a kittel on Rosh Hashanna. I highly doubt they were misguided, and I know I was not misguided by them. I think there is something in O.C. mentioning wearing a kittel on Rosh Hashannah. I'll see if I can locate it. – DanF Sep 07 '17 at 20:21
  • Sorry, but I will be marking this as a dupe, in a minute... – DanF Sep 07 '17 at 20:24
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    Noticed on your profile "Midland, TX". I hope you weren't affected by huge difficulty due to Hur. Harvey. – DanF Sep 07 '17 at 21:35
  • @DanF - Boruch Hashem, I am 477 miles away from Houston. Houston's in East Texas, and Midland's in the far West Texas. There's barely any rainfall here at all, so no I have not been affected...personally. Emotionally, I was recently in Houston about two weeks ago picking up a car and I davened in the Chabad that got totally wrecked in the Hurricane! Five people from the community there have died (Boruch doyon ho'emes) and it makes me sad to think one of them might have been the guy swaying next to me in shul. :( Thanks for your thoughtfulness and remember to daven for their safety in Houston. – ezra Sep 08 '17 at 02:21
  • "The universal Ashkenazi minhag is to wear the kittel on Yom Kippur." It isn't - many polish/Glician Jews never wore a kittle - my own family only put on because of 'al tifrosh min hatzibbur'. I believe ger still don't –  Sep 08 '17 at 11:13
  • @Orangesandlemons - No idea but the kittel is mentioned in the Shulchan Aruch. – ezra Sep 08 '17 at 16:35

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Charnobyl dynasty followers wears kitel on Rosh HaShanah, it is their minchag.

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