Reply To: Yarmulkas vs. Baseball Caps (why?)

first of all, i am not saying it doesnt apply on a windy day. It depends on the motivation of the person wearing the cap. Some people might only be wearing the cap because it is windy, but others might have worn the cap even if it wasnt windy. The fact that it was windy doesnt change what they are trying to do.

Second of all, i guess i will compare the cap thing to what many modern orthodox jews do. Some MO jews who want to be a little rebellious will take of their kipot in certain situations so that people don’t know they are jewish (maybe its for parnassa and that might be reasonable, but sometimes its just for going into a bar or sports game or whatever). I think that the baseball cap is sometimes to the yeshivish what taking the kipa off is to the MO, sometimes justified but sometimes based on trying not to look overtly jewish.

What can we do about it? I don’t know, thats why I posted about it. I guess we can try and be michazik one another to be more proud about looking jewish even when we are not in a very jewish area or otherwise out of comfort zone, and to realize that our yarmulkes play an important role in controlling our behavior.