Kippa

The kippa He dir=rtl '' כיפה '' (plural kippot ) is an end Cover-chief, often slightly round carried by the Juif S practitioners. The size of the kippot can go from 10 to 24 cm in diameter, sometimes more. However, particularly in Israel, one can see very small people sometimes less carrying kippot making than 10 cm in diameter.

The word Yiddish for cover-chief yarmulke , comes from Polish jarmulka , cover-chief. In Hebrew, the cover-chief is called Kippa , literally " dôme".

The style of Kippa which one door is revealing of an interesting sociological phenomenon, it often indicates the affiliation of a person to a certain group. Thus, the Jews of style yeshivist carry a black velvet kippa. The Jews Zionists often carry a hooked kippa color. Many hassidic Jews wear a hat in fur ( shtreimel or spodik ) for Chabbat and the feastdays.

Significance

The singularity of the Jewish cover-chief is implied in the blessing recited each morning, when the Jews thank God “for crowning Israel of splendor” (Talmud, Berakhot 60b).

The Talmud teaches us that the purpose of the port of the Kippa is to recall that God is the supreme Authority " above us " (Talmud, Kiddouchin 31a). Owing to the fact that the actions generally cause an interior awakening, to place " something " of tangible and symbolic system " above " head can reinforce the idea that God observes us permanently. Kippa is thus a means of expressing the deep sense of respect for God.

Sources

From a biblical point of view, only the kohanim (priests), being useful in the Temple, were to cover the head (see the Exode 28: 4). However, for several centuries, the habit has wanted that the Jewish men carry Kippa in all circumstances, as well as known as the Code of the Jewish Law: “It is interdict to traverse 4 bent without having the covered head. ”

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