Packing List for Yom Kippur

Packing List

Below you’ll find a list of personal, communal, and fun supplies and gear to bring for Yom Kippur.

It’s always a good idea to label your gear with your name, since many people have similar looking items. We will keep lost & found items for 2 weeks following the event, after which all items will be donated. 

  • Portable cart or wagon for transporting gear to the campsite
  • Face mask (not required, but feel free to wear one if it makes you comfortable)
  • Water bottle
  • Thermos/travel mug, bowl, plate, and cutlery
  • Warm jacket, hat, scarf, gloves
  • Rain gear (Rain jacket, and rain pants if you have)
  • Comfortable clothes/layers (for ritual clothes, see optional items, below)
  • Comfortable socks and shoes
  • Long pants
  • Sunglasses and sunhat
  • Sunscreen (SPF 30 or higher)
  • Bugspray
  • Flashlight or headlamp
  • Pillow or chair to sit on for extra comfort
  • Any medications you need
  • Any supplement or special dietary food/snacks you might need
  • Small personal first aid kit (Wilderness Torah has a larger one if needed)

Camping:

  • Tent, ground cover, rain fly, stakes, hammer
  • Sleeping bag
  • Pillow
  • Sleeping pad

  • High Holiday attire for Yom Kippur ritual:
    Yom Kippur is a ritual enactment of spiritual death and rebirth (for example by repeatedly chanting the vidui, confessional prayer, which we do at the end of life) thus we wear very humble clothing (no leather, jewelry, etc.) and traditionally wear white, symbolic of the simple, cotton shrouds we will wear at our burial. 
  • Machzor (High Holiday prayer book): We will use excerpts from Bsefer Hayim Machzor (created by Gary Konensburg) to follow the major parts of the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur liturgy. If you prefer to have the complete liturgy, please bring your own Machzor (High Holiday prayer book).
  • Tallit (traditionally worn on Rosh Hashanah day and Yom Kippur day)
  • Kittel (burial shrouds): Traditionally worn at one’s wedding, on Yom Kippur, and when one is buried, these plain white cotton shrouds provide humble attire for the Yom Kippur ceremony. 
  • Personal musical instruments (not to share, but for your personal use only)
  • Hand towel