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A swimming dress, also known as a swim dress, is a modern dress worn by women while swimming, that preserves traditional religious definitions of modesty. [1] Swimming dresses are popular among Christians belonging to the conservative holiness movement, Orthodox Jews and many Muslims; [2] many wearers of swimming dresses, such as the Methodists of the conservative holiness movement, believe ...
A kittel (Yiddish: קיטל, romanized: kitl) is a white, knee-length, cotton robe worn by Jewish prayer leaders and some Orthodox Jews on the High Holy Days. In some families, the head of the household wears a kittel at the Passover seder, [25] while in other families all married men wear them.
Some Ashkenazi Jewish men wear a frock coat during prayer and other specific occasions. It is commonly worn by Hasidic rabbis and Jewish religious leaders in public. The coat is more commonly known as a frak, a sirtuk, or a kapotteh. Bekishe coats or robes are worn by Hasidic lay men on Sabbath and holidays, both single and married.
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More modern Orthodox Jewish men will be more lax in their dress when surrounded by other men (if it is not in a religious environment). Modesty for men most often translates to covering the torso and legs with loose clothing. Different groups of Orthodox Jews have different dress norms. But all have men dress in a head covering .
Fascinating photos from a traditional Orthodox Jewish wedding showcase the religion's unique and ultra-Orthodox traditions. The wedding was a huge spectacle with the groom being a grandson of a ...
Woman of the Haredi burqa sect in Mea Shearim, a Jewish neighbourhood in Jerusalem, 2012 The " Haredi burqa sect " ( Hebrew : נשות השָאלִים Neshót haShalím , lit. ' shawl-wearing women ' ) is a community of Haredi Jews that ordains the full covering of a woman's entire body and face, including her eyes, for the preservation of ...
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