Women’s dress and underdress for the High Holidays

White is considered a symbol of purity and the absence of sin. During the Days of Awe, a white curtain is hung over the ark that houses the Torah scrolls in the synagogue, a white tablecloth is spread over the reader’s desk, and the scrolls themselves are covered in white. According to Jewish tradition, the ministering angels are also dressed in white, and on Yom Kippur worshipers wear white to re…