![]() ![]() Wearing the Satin Reflector during daylight hours is also a strong statement that you are married and not trying to look good. The safest of all kippahs, this shiny yarmulke should always be worn at night. This means safety is important to you, or that you grew up in the 1940s. Now everybody knows you are not a religious Jew. You showed up at the Kotel and weren’t prepared. When the sexton chooses who gets the honors, he looks around at the Bar Mitzvah guests and knows that these people with the satin kippah perched on the top of their gelled hair may not be the ideal candidates to chant the entire Haftorah. Made from satin or silk, these make it easier to spot the non-religious relatives. How am I supposed to remember that Chaim from Nova Scotia who got Bar Mitzvahed 18 years ago’s favorite baseball team was the Miami Marlins? Traditional Bar Mitzvah Yarmulke And then they expect you to remember the exact day the boy went up to read the Torah, and quiz you about the generic yarmulke when they visit. Nowadays, you just receive a felt yarmulke with a random sports teams on it. When my friend Abby got Bar Mitzvahed, some people thought that was a girl’s name on the inside of my yarmulke. I cherish these 1980s celebration stamped kippahs. In the 1980s you would go for a weekend celebration and get a yarmulke so that you would have something, along with the Birkat Hamazon Blessing Book, you wouldn’t be able to find when the celebrants visited you. ![]() ![]() This means you attended a Bar Mitzvah or wedding in the 1980s. This says you are an American traditional Jew, have no opinion about Israel, went to Hebrew day school for 12 years and can’t speak a word of Hebrew. This means you went to some boy’s Bar Mitzvah over the past 6 years and he happened to like the New York Mets. If you notice, as Jews age the yarmulke becomes larger, even if they are not becoming more religious. Originating in Asia, these most colorful kippahs drew their uniqueness and design from their local imaginative culture, the same way the Ashkenazi Jews drew the black kippah from European culture which was mainly dreary and depressing.Īlong with the Carlbeach, large knit and huge velvets, this kippah is tactfully used to cover baldness. This is the original big kippah and yet it still pales in size to the Cohen’s headdress. Three times the size of a knit kippah and half the weave, this Rasta man headwear is very popular with the hippie Jewish people who have never been to Jamaica. This kippah is crocheted like the knit kippah, but with thicker yarn. This kippah says you have more hair than the average Jew. ![]() And what I always wore, because I never had a girlfriend growing up. This is what I wear on Shabbat to save $30. Machine KnitĪ modification on the above but machine made. That meant somebody cared about you enough to crochet and not listen during class. But getting your name knitted on the kippah and then to have Shira’s name on the inside that was the greatest show of devotion any teenager could exhibit. Anybody can purchase a regular knitted kippah. Knit Kippah that Was Knitted for You with Your Name on Itīig in the 1980s modern orthodox America scene, this kippah meant love. Jewish men perspire three times more than the average man so with the Soloveitchik, you only perspire twice as much. Known as the Soloveitchik, this easy to breath velvet style is the summer go to option. This Black Kippah is similar to the velvet, but without the velvet outside. Wearing the kippah, you get the honor and respect that comes with serving in the army with none of the actual hard and or dangerous work. Remember, the kippah is more important than the action. Another way to show you are Zionistic is to wear the Israeli army kippah. The knit kippah is a political statement meaning you are Zionistic. Trust me because I am speaking from experience here: you will never get a shidduch and find your true match if you are found wearing a red velvet yarmulke. The velvet yarmulke should not be turquoise or any kind of blue, unless you are a child. Here is a list of some of the most popular kippahs, the styles, and what they mean: Velvet Kippahīig in the Chassidic and Yeshiva communities, you wear this and you are immediately accepted as a decent Jew who is serious about learning Torah.īlack is the color. In Israel however, the kippah is a political statement of your beliefs and who you want to marry. Kippahs, also known as a yarmulkes and skullcaps, have been traditionally worn for men to make a statement that they are Jewish so anti-Semites can target them more easily. ![]()
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