why do some jews wear big furry hats others felt hats others just skull caps and some nothing on their head ??

Answer 1

In Israel, your kippah (headcovering) determines your religious sect. The big furry hats are the Ultra Orthodox. The felt hats are the Chassids. The skull caps are Modern Orthodox. Nothing at all is non-Orthodox.

All (except those who wear nothing) fulfill the minhag (tradition) of covering the head to remind oneself of G-d's presence above your head. A kippah only has to have enough material on it to be seen from all sides.

"Jew"4Messiah (who is not a Jew at all, but a Messianic) couldn't be more wrong.

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Answer 2

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Jews are just told to keep their heads covered. So a kippah is the normal way that that is done--it's small but does the job. The guys who wear the big fuzzy hats are Hassidic Jews. They're sort of like the Jewish equivalent of fundamentalist Christians. They take the Bible a lot more literally and they are always trying to obey the law to the utmost to show their devotion. They are divided into small groups who follow each a particular religious leader. Each group has a different but similar style of clothing for the men to wear, including a certain style of hat. All the guys in a given group have the same style hat. It's yet another way of indicating that they are their own unique group apart from everyone else.

Answer 3

Furry Hats

Answer 4

Okay, I'm an expert in Jewish hats:

There are actually two kinds of the big furry, cossak looking hats. The less tall, furry one is called a shtreimel. It used to be made of fox tales, but now is either mink or fake furr from polyester. (Fake ones are called Rechts Shtreimels.) They are worn by most Chasidim and Yerushalmi (traditional Jerusalemite) non-Chasidim too.

They are worn because a 18th century sage, the Baal Shem Tov, learned from Elijah the Prophet that wearing five fox tales on ones hat on the Sabbath was a special practice that would help ones children be easy to raise.

The Taller furry one is called a spodek. They used to be made from beaver pelts. They are worn by Gur Chasidim. They are worn on the Sabbath.

The felt hats that look like 1950's gangsters are worn by Litvaks, Jews who practice Judaism like Lithuanians do, and Chabadniks, a type of Chasid from Russia.

Little velvet skull caps are worn by both Litvaks and Chasidim under their hats. When they aren't wearing hats you'll see them.

Modern Orthodox and Religious Zionists wear knitted, smaller versions of the skullcaps, in various colors.

Nothing on the head means the person is possibly a Yeki (German Jew), A traditional Dutch Jew, or Syrian. Though religious, they do not wear the skull caps outside the house always.

It can also be a sign the Jew is not a religious Jew, or that he is afraid it will cause him hardship.

The reason religious Jews usually cover their heads is not because of the high priest (who did wear a truban) but because of an event in our history. There was a woman who was big with a baby, and some astrologers told her the baby would be a thief.

She ran to the Jewish sages and told them, and they said, "Cover his head, so the fear of heaven will be upon him." She did and he grew up to be a great sage name R' Nahman b. Isaac. Because it worked so well, we all started doing it, and anything Sabath observant Jews do en masse to serve G-d becomes a law. (Gemmorah Shabbos 156b)

Answer 5

the reason is that the Jewish sciptures the priest wore a covering for his head-the ones worn are done by their groups traditions. It was for ministering -the high priest gave the blood atonement for sins, which was fulfilled in Jesus the Messiah or else the God of our Jewish people gave the command to offer a blood sacrifice for sins (Leviticus 17:11) and lied. He fulfilled as the prophecy promised "He will lay down his life to make atonement for our sins." Isaiah 53.

Answer 6

well, it depends on the weather.

i mean, who wouldnt wear a hat when its like -48 outside, and snowing?

Answer 7

The same reason everybody else does/doesn't.