| A Kippah (in plural Kippot or Kippahs) is the Hebrew | | | | times. |
| word for skullcap and know in Yiddish as Yarmulke. | | | | Another explanation for wearing a Kippah is given by |
| This is a thin rounded skullcap worn by Jewish men | | | | the Kabbalistic Hassidic tradition that says that we |
| and boys and in sometimes by both men and women | | | | Jewish people cover their head like God is covering |
| in Conservative and Reform communities. According | | | | us with his divine palm and Kippah and Kaf (Palm) are |
| to Jewish law men are required to cover their heads | | | | 2 similar words. There are some more explanation for |
| when saying God's name when they are praying or | | | | wearing a Kippah like identification of the Jewish |
| reciting a blessing also during studying Torah or in | | | | people and recognition that God is above all mankind. |
| Synagogue. | | | | There is no obligation to the way that a Kippah |
| The source of the tradition to wear a Kippah is in the | | | | should be design however there are several types of |
| Talmud which is the central text for Jewish law | | | | Kippahs. The Hassidic and more religious Jewish wear |
| ethics and customs. According to the Talmud in the | | | | black velvet Kippah, the main and the middle of the |
| chapter dealing with the Shabbat it say: Cover your | | | | orthodox stream wear Knitted Kippah and Satin |
| head in order that the fear of heaven may be upon | | | | white Kippahs are for Holidays and weddings. |
| you.". That is the reason that Jewish men and boys | | | | There is a difference between the custom of |
| wearing the Kippah, however from the Talmud point | | | | women in the Reform and Conservative communities |
| of view and from Biblical point of view there is no | | | | to wear a kippah like the men and the Jewish |
| strict obligation to wear a Kippah and if so the | | | | tradition of married women to be with their heads |
| Talmud requires to do that only in a time of prayer. | | | | covered. This custom for women comes from a total |
| Over the years this custom of wearing a Kippah | | | | different source that the married women should |
| became mandatory and according to this custom a | | | | always cover her head to maintain her modesty. |
| Jewish men and boys should wear the Kippah at all | | | | |