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what is the significance of the yarmulke? at what age do boys start wear them? do girls and women ever do?
i was watching Ben Shapiro on Youtube doing a political show and he was wearing one. he has very dark hair and it wasn’t apparent at first. can. if a non-jew wore one as courtesy - in his mind- when he attends say a funeral of a friend, or a ceremony at the temple, would it be ok or not?
thank you.
what is the significance of the yarmulke? at what age do boys start wear them? do girls and women ever do?
i was watching Ben Shapiro on Youtube doing a political show and he was wearing one. he has very dark hair and it wasn’t apparent at first. can. if a non-jew wore one as courtesy - in his mind- when he attends say a funeral of a friend, or a ceremony at the temple, would it be ok or not?
thank you.
While there's no actual Judaic law stating that males must wear a head covering, the Talmud tells us that male Jews should do so anyway to show their respect for and mindfulness of G-d. There are even some Orthodox Jews who will wear a yarmulke under their black hats. Non-Jewish men are generally offered a yarmulke to wear upon entering a Jewish sanctuary. I have never seen any man turned away for refusing to wear a yarmulke, but that may be because I have never seen any man refusing to show this respect when attending a Jewish ceremony.
I've seen Jewish toddlers wearing kippot (yarmulkes). There are Jewish women, as well, who may choose to additionally cover their heads -- including a head covering over the traditional wig that some Orthodox Jewish women wear.
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In Kiddushin 31a, for example, R. Honah ben Joshua declares that he "never walked four cubits with his head uncovered . . . Because the Divine Presence is always over my head." - The Kippa in History and Tradition
Congress passed the Religious Apparel Amendment after a war story from the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing about the "camouflage kippah" of Jewish Navy Chaplain Arnold Resnicoff was read into the Congressional Record. Catholic Chaplain George Pucciarelli tore off a piece of his Marine Corps uniform to replace Resnicoff's kippah when it had become blood-soaked after being used to wipe the faces of wounded Marines after the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing. This amendment was eventually incorporated into U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) regulations on the "Accommodation of Religious Practices Within the Military Services". - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kippah#Etymology
After recounting the Beirut story, Reagan asked them about the religious meaning of the kippah. Rabbi Abraham Shemtov, the leader of the group, responded: "Mr. President, the kippah to us is a sign of reverence." Rabbi Feller, another member of the group, continued: ”We place the kippah on the very highest point of our being—on our head, the vessel of our intellect—to tell ourselves and the world that there is something which is above man's intellect: the infinite Wisdom of God." - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kippah#Etymology
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Congress passed the Religious Apparel Amendment after a war story from the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing about the "camouflage kippah" of Jewish Navy Chaplain Arnold Resnicoff was read into the Congressional Record. Catholic Chaplain George Pucciarelli tore off a piece of his Marine Corps uniform to replace Resnicoff's kippah when it had become blood-soaked after being used to wipe the faces of wounded Marines after the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing. This amendment was eventually incorporated into U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) regulations on the "Accommodation of Religious Practices Within the Military Services". - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kippah#Etymology
Never knew the bolded story, Rabbi Resnicoff marries me and my wife on the Naval Station back in 81. I remember attending services on base for the High Holidays as he officiated over one of the most diverse group of attendees I have every seen in a Synagogue.
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