2007-10-01 09:26:13 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
A Jewish man wears a head covering out of respect for the almighty.
2007-10-01 09:28:58 · answer #1 · answered by jack of all trades 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's more of a custom. See below from http://www.jewfaq.org/signs.htm
The most commonly known and recognized piece of Jewish garb is actually the one with the least religious significance. The word yarmulke (usually, but not really correctly, pronounced yammica) is Yiddish. According to Leo Rosten's The Joys of Yiddish, it comes from a Tartar word meaning skullcap. According to some Orthodox and Chasidic rabbis I know, it comes from the Aramaic words "yerai malka" (fear of or respect for The King). The Hebrew word for this head covering is kippah (pronounced key-pah).
It is an ancient practice for Jews to cover their heads during prayer. This probably derives from the fact that in Eastern cultures, it is a sign of respect to cover the head (the custom in Western cultures is the opposite: it is a sign of respect to remove one's hat). Thus, by covering the head during prayer, one showed respect for G-d. In addition, in ancient Rome, servants were required to cover their heads while free men did not; thus, Jews covered their heads to show that they were servants of G-d. In medieval times, Jews covered their heads as a reminder that G-d is always above them. Whatever the reason given, however, covering the head has always been regarded more as a custom rather than a commandment.
There is no special significance to the yarmulke as a specific type of head covering. Its light weight, compactness and discreteness make it a convenient choice of head gear. I am unaware of any connection between the yarmulke and the similar skullcap worn by the Pope.
2007-10-01 09:34:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are a religious thing to remind them constantly that they are not above God. There is a cultural influence on which kind of Yamukah (skull caps in yiddish) or kippah (Skull caps in hebrew) you wear. You can tell which sect of Judaism a person is by their kippah.
2007-10-01 09:31:29 · answer #3 · answered by Mel B 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
that's no longer the case. as quickly as a guy or woman accepts worshipping yet another G-d, they're no longer Jewish. This fake effect is a mixture of Christian missionary efforts - who have self assurance that the J for Js are easily Christian and think of appropriate to the Jewish practices danger loose nonsense that are nicely actual worth the fee of admission to get those human beings "stored," and the artwork of a Jewish community (generally American) who have been laid low with Hitler's definition of Jews as every physique with Jewish blood - the best judgment being, in the event that they're Jewish adequate to get put in on oven, then perception is not sensible. The code of Jewish regulations is extremely clean that that's only no longer the way it works. Why else have been hundreds of Jews killed for the period of the Crusades, the Spanish Inquisition, Catherine the great's Russia and different international places who in basic terms demanded (frequently below torture) that Jews settle for Jesus as their savior. Jews chosen to die particularly than resign their faith. that's how important this is to being a Jew. no longer something you could say "oh, i'm for Jesus now" and later on your deathbed recant as though it in no way occurred. The ethnic/tribal element to Judaism, which says that for the period of the journey that your mom is Jewish then so are you, in basic terms ability which you do no longer would desire to transform to strengthen right into a Jew or marry one. It would not define you as a member of the religion. The concept of one G-d - which a perception in Jesus promptly contradicts - is the main mandatory element of Judaism. Lose that and no Jewish community will settle for you as a member. ((edit to respond -- that wasn't my remark - would desire to have been between the human beings earlier me! :)
2016-12-17 14:25:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a religious practice. All Jewish men wear them in synagogue.
And just to note, we are not a 'race'!
Good question, though, have a star!
2007-10-01 09:42:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called a yarmulka and it's a religious thing.
2007-10-01 09:28:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
"yarmulka" (Yah-mi-kah) ....or skull cap if that is easier for you.
It is a religious thing---as Judaism is a RELIGION. NOT a RACE.
2007-10-01 09:29:43 · answer #7 · answered by maybe 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think its a religious thing
2007-10-01 09:29:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
religious.
2007-10-01 10:25:48 · answer #9 · answered by ysk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
religious.Covering your head for respect to God.
2007-10-01 09:28:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋