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