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  • #610573
    achar chulent
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    Is there a size yarmulke that is considered to small?

    #974618
    WIY
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    If it easy slips off or gets blown off by a breeze it’s likely too small.

    #974619
    Burnt Steak
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    This seams to be a loaded question.

    Depends who you ask and whom the kippa is meant for.

    #974620
    yytz
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    Some say that the kippah has to be visible from all sides, but I’m not sure that is is widely agreed upon. Perhaps that is the reason why some put their kippah on the top of the head instead of letting it rest on the back top part of the head (which looks strange to me but whatever, to each his own.)

    #974621
    achar chulent
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    Is it true that the type of kippa you wear determines as to what type yid you are?

    #974622
    Sam2
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    R’ Shlomo Kluger held that a Kippah has to cover Rov of the head. The first T’shuvah in the Igros Moshe very strongly disagrees with that P’sak. R’ Moshe Shternbuch tries to make a Chiluk to be M’kayeim the P’sak, but I think the Olam has accepted Pashtus like R’ Moshe (Feinstein).

    R’ Shlomo Aviner in a T’shuvah says it has to be visible from all sides.

    #974623
    Torah613Torah
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    If you wear a toupee does that count as a yarmulke?

    #974624
    writersoul
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    T613: Really random, but I was actually reading Confessions of a Jewish Cultbuster (original 1985, not current reprint) and there’s a story about how they were picking up a guy to deprogram him and they had to pretend not to be Jewish so a guy wore a toupee instead of a yarmulke because he didn’t want to uncover his head.

    I have no idea of the halachic ramifications, but it’s just what popped into my mind.

    (Also a great book, anyway.)

    #974625
    nfgo3
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    If it interferes with blood flow, it is too small. If it blows off, it might be too big.

    #974626
    LevAryeh
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    The Pope wears a really big yarmulka and he’s super frum.

    #974627
    oy1
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    Just curious what’s the source for a yarmulka? (Men covering their head) Is it allowed to just wear for eating,davening, doing mitzvos?

    Why would the Pope wear a skullcap?

    #974628

    There is nothing technically wrong with wearing a toupee as a head covering– except that it’s maris ayin.

    #974629

    There is a gemara in kiddushin that states about an amora that when his head covering blew off, he immediately stole some fruit off of a tree. (basic thrust of story)

    #974630

    Why are velvet yarms always sized bad (ie size 10 labled as size 6 , 1 as 7 etc.)?

    #974631
    Bookworm120
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    @LevAryehBoy – I can just picture the pope wearing his “kippa” and singing, “I’m so Friiiim!” 😀

    #974632
    Sam2
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    I wear a velvet Kippah, but I actually wonder why it’s not Chukas Akkum. The pope did it first.

    #974633
    yaakov doe
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    Who sets the standard for the sizes marked inside yamalkas with what seems to be crayon? Is there a national standard as to what size a size 7 should be?

    #974634
    Shticky Guy
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    Our gemara Rebbe always told us: “your yarmulka should cover your brain so it depends how clever you are!”

    #974635
    Bookworm120
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    @Shticky Guy – ROTFL!

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