A question on the Jewish faith?

Question

Is there a religious significance to the Yalmakah? How did it come about to wear one? I know not all Jewish men wear Yalmakahs, and I was wondering why.

THanks.

Answer 1

The Talmud says that the purpose of wearing a kippah is to remind us of G-d, who is the Higher Authority "above us" (Kiddushin 31a). External actions create internal awareness; wearing a symbolic, tangible "something above us" reinforces that idea that G-d is always watching. The kippah is a means to draw out one's inner sense of respect for G-d.

Appropriately, the Yiddish word for head covering, "yarmulke," comes from the Aramaic, yira malka, which means "awe of the King."

In Hebrew, the head covering is called "kippah" -- literally "dome."

Answer 2

In the Jewish faith, one is supposed to keep their head covered in the presence of G-d. To my knowledge most Orthodox Jewish men wear theirs at all times because they feel that they are always in the presence of G-d. On the other hand, most Conservative and Reform Jewish men only wear yarmulkes in synagogue.

It's one of the mitzvot to keep your head covered in the presence of G-d, which is where the tradition comes from.

Answer 3

The Yarmulkah is worn to remind us of the existence of G-d. Jewish men have always worn it, and there is no record of when the custom began.
Nowadays, only Orthodox Jewish men wear them, either alone, or under a hat.
Orthodox Jewish men who come from Arab countries only wear theirs when they pray and eat, because of the violence they incurred from their Arab neighbors...

Answer 4

It reminds us that G-d is there. It's source is in the Talmud, 3rd century or so.