The tradition to wear a kippah developed as a sign of our recognition that there is Someone "above" us who watches our every action...
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do jewish women where a head covering and if they dont, why not?
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The following is a quote from Aron Moss (see What's Up With the Kipah?):
"I emphasized the beauty of wearing a kippa. But in the end, it is a sign of weakness. Only because spirituality is foreign to us do we need a tangible reminder of it. According to Kabbalah the feminine soul is more in tune with these things and therefore doesn't need something so superficial to remind her of her innate connection with G-d. This is why men need more ceremony and ritual than women (like Tallit, Tefillin, call-ups to the Torah). Men are more physical and coarse (do you agree?). Without ritual, spirituality is too abstract for men to relate to. A woman is more sensitive to what is holy and sublime and therefore doesn't need as many rituals to express her soul-connection."
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The Talmud mention a woman 'talking to astrologers'? In Lev 20:27 it states we are NOT to consult sorcerers, diviners, or the like (e.g. astrologers). In fact, they are 'to be put to death' according to the will of HaShem.
Why then are we allowed to consult astrologers yet prohibitied from consulting sorcerers. After all, didn't Sh'aul consult a sorceress to raise the spirit of Shmuel?
Of course, in the end he received his 'just punishment' but the fact remains he did.
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I have spent time pondering this question. and I thank you for this answer. I am converting to Judiasm, and have trouble keeping kosher, strictly observing Shabbat, and things such as that, but I wear a kippah while studying the Torah, in prayer, and in public, as a reminder that there is a higer authority watching me. In addition to that, it reminds me that when I do something that is wrong, and people see me doing it. it sends a very negative impression to them about who I am, as a Jew, and Jews in general. Shalom.
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I am writing from Spain, so I can´t speak for all countries. In Spain I haven´t seen any Kippahs in the streets. I mean: in our streets you can see musslim head coverings, Hare Krishna distinctive robes ...but no Kippahs at all.
The reason is that if you dare to wear a Kippah in the street you can be thrown stones or spit by nazis or antisemitical guys. I am not Jew but I have a Kippah bought in Israel and I put it on when I wish but only at home.
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It was not just the priests who covered their heads in the scriptures. We see in Ezekiel 21:24-26 and Isa 3:16-24 Israel has its head covering removed because of her sin. (In order to remove one, one must first be on.) We also see that Israel is provided a fancy head-dress in the Messianic age when she is obedient in Isa 61:1-3. In Isa 61:9-11 a bridegroom wears a head covering. In Zech 3:1-6 we see that it is a sign of purity for Israel. If one is leprous they are to remove his head covering (Lev 13:44-46) and one can only remove something that is present. We see that the 3 Jews that were faithful to G-d were thrown into the furnace with their heads covered in Dan 3:21. David and his men had their heads covered in 2 Sam 15:30-31. Some say that Israel uncovered their heads at the incident of the golden calf in Ex 32:25 where it says, "the people that uncovered it, for Aaron had let uncover" As the word used is used in relationship to hair and head coverings, that seems likely. Because their heads uncovered they were as some translations say "naked", they were outside of the covering of G-d.
To me it seems that it is a sign of who our God is or isn't, and if our hearts are full of deceit and sin or not. I would not say it is a tradition, but rather of the Torah for the man who recognizes G-d as his God and obeys His Torah.
shalom
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As a kid , growing up in Israel in the 50s I was told that the Kippah serves as a separation between heaven (Holy, קדש) and earth (The un-holy, חול)
Is this just another interpertation of the custom or...did I spend a life time with the wrong believe, I wonder...
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I wonder if he wore a Kippah....wonder when was the tradition turned into common practice.
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In some of the verse which you quote, I fail to see the reference to a head-covering at all. In others, the head-covering mentioned is not the Kippah. Some of the verses speak of the veils and hats worn by the women, others refer to a head-covering worn as a sign of mourning, and yet others are metaphoric.
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The Jewish body is not חול. The holy has to be made manifest here, and not stay above our heads!
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Aren't you adding to God's laws (mitzvot) in wearing a kippah (which isn't one of the 613 mitzvot) as we are told not to add or subtract from God's laws?
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The prohibition of adding to the Torah only applies if one were to institute an additional law and say that it is Biblically mandated. The sages or rabbis may, however, institute a new custom or safeguard, provided that they specify that this is a Rabbinic decree.
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