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Kippa or Yarmulke
Posted by Lev/Christopher on July 14, 2008 at 12:52am
in Torah Studies
Should We Wear the Jewish Kippa?
No. The kippa or yarmulke is a skullcap worn by Jewish males. It's identical to the one worn by Roman Catholic popes and cardinals. There is no evidence that the kippa was used before the 17th century when it became popular in Judaism - it has no basis in rabbinical law, let alone Scripture. There were none around when Yah'shua (Jesus) walked the earth.
The kippa is actually pagan in origin and was worn by Greek scholars - it was known as the 'hat of Hermes'. It's still used as a hat by university graduates though incorporating the masonic square as well.
Scripture expressly states that a man is not to have his head covered in the local assembly unlike a woman who is supposed to cover hers to honour her head. Yah'shua is the man's head and the husband (or father) is the woman's head (1 Corinthians 11:7).
Kippas do not therefore feature in MLT cultural or assembly life.
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