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Wearing a Kippah
- Thread starter xkatz
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For sure. I mean, Ive been living in Jerusalem for a bit now... So, it's naturally easier to do so around here. But, eitherway, it's just to remind us that G-d is above us. So something should be worn at all times as a headcovering. Doesn't have to be a kippa, though. Halachically, you could wear a hat or anything else which covers the head.
*I'm not the most orthodox either, though. I'm shomer shabbos and keep kahsrus and all, but I don't always doven 3X a day and sometimes forget to say brachos/after brochas. Not many people are fully observant Jews, even if they look like it. Even rabbis slip up. Most people aren't tzaddikim, or even beinonim. Only tzaddikim and beinonim are calable of fully fulfilling all mitzvot at all times.
But, if you go into traife restaraunts, don't do it wearing a kippa. You could lead other Jews to believe it is a kosher establishment and this cause them to eat there. Which is definitely a halachic no-no. So, rock your kippa if you want. It's a good thing to do.*
*I'm not the most orthodox either, though. I'm shomer shabbos and keep kahsrus and all, but I don't always doven 3X a day and sometimes forget to say brachos/after brochas. Not many people are fully observant Jews, even if they look like it. Even rabbis slip up. Most people aren't tzaddikim, or even beinonim. Only tzaddikim and beinonim are calable of fully fulfilling all mitzvot at all times.
But, if you go into traife restaraunts, don't do it wearing a kippa. You could lead other Jews to believe it is a kosher establishment and this cause them to eat there. Which is definitely a halachic no-no. So, rock your kippa if you want. It's a good thing to do.*
arimoff
Active Member
Does anyone here were a Kippah outside of their synagogue? If so, why?
I feel compelled to ask this because part of me feels somewhat compelled to wear a Kippah, DESPITE not being the most Orthodox Jew
I do now, the more I feel that Muslims are threating us the more I feel the need to show that I'm Jewish so I wear it.
Levite
Higher and Higher
I do sometimes. If I'm going to Jewish community events, if I'm going to Jewish stores, If I'm going to see plays or movies with Jewish content. Sometimes if I'm hanging out with friends who wear kippot all the time, I'll wear one too, so it doesn't appear that I'm trying to distance myself from them. And, of course, anytime I'm doing anything professional, as a rabbi or as a teacher of Jewish Studies, I wear a kippah.
When I lived in Jerusalem for a year, I wore a kippah nearly all the time. Something just about the pleasure of being Jewish in the Jewish State.
And no matter where I am, I always have a kippah in my pocket, ready to put on. If for no other reason than I do try to say the proper brachot (blessings) before and after eating or drinking, so I need to have a kippah on me to put on while I do so. And I do also try to pray at least once a day (three times a day is still hard for me), and that's sometimes not going to be at home, so I need one for that, too.
Yep! :yes:
I only wear my kippah full time on Shabbat and other holidays where we are prohibited from carrying. Otherwise, I keep mine with me all the time in the pocket, and another by the bed (no pockets there, lol)
Here's a good Kippah trick: four small patches of self-adhesive Velcro (the 'hook' side, not the 'fuzzy' side) stuck to the inside of the kippah will keep it on your head in hurricane force winds!
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Levite
Higher and Higher
Nice choice, brah!
Levite
Higher and Higher
I've never heard them officially called anything else. Unofficially, my friends in rabbinical school and I used to refer to them either as FTT kippot (Frummer Than Thou) or Uber-kippot, because most of the people who wear them are so frum (Orthodox) that they're almost breaking a sweat with the effort.
But I own one, too. I used to wear it sometimes, for kicks, in Jerusalem. It got me some fun looks, combined with the pony-tail and the earring....
xkatz
Well-Known Member
I'm not gonna ask... :areyoucra
Levite
Higher and Higher
xkatz
Well-Known Member
What, you got a problem with rabbis having pony-tails and earrings?
Well those things aren't just very Rabbi-esque.
Levite
Higher and Higher
Father Heathen
Veteran Member
So god mandates hats? For what purpose?
xkatz
Well-Known Member
Father Heathen
Veteran Member
So as to remind ourselves of G-d. Also they look awesome
Would it be considered impious, spiritually unhealthy or insulting to god to go for extended periods of time without wearing a hat?
Levite
Higher and Higher
It depends on who you ask. Technically, the custom of keeping one's head covered is just that..a custom. It is a custom, though, that has become so universal and ingrained that it would be unthinkable for a Jewish man (women have only begun covering their heads for this reason recently, and outside of Orthodox Judaism) to pray publicly, or accept an honor to go up and read from the Torah, or other similar public ritual activities without wearing a kippah, or some other kind of head covering. In the Orthodox world, every man wears a kippah all the time, save for while they are bathing or sleeping (and, some say, having intercourse). In the non-Orthodox world, only some men wear a kippah all the time; most others only wear one while doing a ritual duty, or saying a blessing, or praying.
In the Orthodox community, intentionally going without a kippah is considered impious-- some might even say tantamount to a statement of heresy. It is considered vulgar at best, flagrantly insulting to God at worst. In the non-Orthodox communities, little is made of the choice to only wear a kippah sometimes. So long as one is worn during prayer, or while doing other public rituals, not wearing one at other times is considered to be an acceptable personal theological/ritual choice.