Jewish Dress

Encountering my old friend, I saw that it wasn’t too late, that someone else could leave religious life and survive, even appear to thrive. So a new question arose in my mind: What is keeping me here?

The priests were required to wear special clothing when performing their service in the Holy Temple. Similarly, the Torah scholars of ancient Babylonia would dress impressively, so as to encourage people to honor the Torah that they represented . . .

Traditionally, Jewish men and boys wear the kippah at all times, a symbol of their awareness of, and submission to, a "higher" entity.

The dress thing is just a classic social psychology issue. For a community to stick together they need some distinct dress. It's actually written into the Code of Jewish Law that a Jew is supposed to dress differently from those around him. Every once in ...

Jewish culture: How important is it to maintain?

Why Don’t We Dress Like the Jews of Ancient Times? There is no mitzvah to wear the same clothes our ancestors wore. While contemporary Jewish dress reflects historical customs developed over centuries in different Jewish communities, the halachic focus is...

During which ceremony is a Jewish boy draped in jewelry?

I recently read that this actually originated with Queen Victoria in the mid-19th century.

I was about to board the train, a middle-aged man exited the train and immediately approached me. “I’m a Jew,” he said.