In the Talmud we read, “Cover your head so that the fear of Heaven will be upon you” ( Shabbat 156b). As Rabbi Abraham Shemtove explained, wearing “the Kippah to us is a sign of reverence” for the divine. Covering one’s head is believed to show respect to God and, if God is truly omnipresent, then there is no place that one should not cover his head-as we are always in God’s presence. Most Haredi and Modern Orthodox men wear a head covering-in the form of a kippah or other hat-at all times. As a consequence of the lack of biblical clarity on this matter, not all Jews agree as to whether the covering of the head is a halachic requirement, or just an advisable or reverential thing to do.
While many Jewish practices can be traced to a specific passage in the Hebrew Bible, the wearing of kippot is primarily traced to the Oral Torah (i.e., the laws, principles, and edicts that Moses received on Sanai, in addition to the 10 commandments laws which were mainly passed down orally, instead of in writing). One Rabbi explained: “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.” Origins The Hebrew word “kippah” means “dome,” implying that his cap is designed to cover the dome or crown of the head-which is the back portion of the top of the head. “ Yarmulke” is the Yiddish term for that same cap. A kippah is a skullcap worn by many, though not all, Jewish men.
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