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<\/a>Kippah or Yarmulke<\/p><\/div>
\nAlmost every photo you see of a scene in Israel features men with a hat of some kind. It is fair to assume that covering the head bears significance for Jews, male and female. How Biblical and how cultural are these traditions? <\/p>\n
In the Torah ( Five Books of Moses) the Israelites are commanded in Deut. 22:12 to attach a fringe made made of interwoven blue and white strands to the four corners of their outer garments. They are told to do this to remind them of The Law and to teach it to their children. The other commandment teaches them to bind the Law on their minds (foreheads) and arms. These are the small leather containers with a verse from Torah in them. Called phylacteries, they are bound with leather straps. But head coverings are another matter. Only the priests were designated with head coverings as one of the signs of their office. These turbans, ephods and other set-apart garments separated the priests and Levites from the other Tribes by Divine office. Here enters the tallit \u201cprayer closet\u201d into our view of Jewish prayer and tradition.<\/p>\n