the congregation, to wear a tallit. Gradually, it became customary for all those in the congregation who wear a tallit to do so for Kol Nidre as well.5 One might have expected that the tallit would be removed after Kol Nidre before reciting the evening service. The fact that it is not makes it clear that the wearing of the tallit must not be seen only as a legalistic interpretation of a biblical verse, but also as an opportunity to differentiate Yom Kippur further from other days and to mark Kol