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Showing posts with label kippah. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kippah. Show all posts
Monday, June 8, 2015

Reaction to a Reflection on Head Covering

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A charming and thoughtful personal account of one woman's journey with head covering of various sorts . A couple of highlights, for m...
Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Neither Fish Nor Fowl?

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I came across this quote in the midst of a piece about mikvah, and it resonated with me in a very uncomfortable way. " At one salon, ...
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Monday, July 28, 2014

Finally Back: Sharing Kippah Reactions

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Hello All, I'm sorry I've been AWOL for so long.  I started out taking a break because I had a terrible first trimester of pregnanc...
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Monday, December 2, 2013

Reaction: "My Kippah, Myself"

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This article  resonates with my own experiences.  It is one woman's description of her experiences wearing a kippah for the last 20 year...
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Sunday, June 16, 2013

Haircut, Style, and Covering

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I read this article a few days ago, and somehow, although it's explicitly about short haircuts, and eccentric haircuts, it felt like so...
Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Spiritual Functioning of the Kippah

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I was talking to my husband about how he felt about wearing a kippah.  What we came up with was this: Wearing a kippah is about a baseli...
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Sunday, April 21, 2013

Head Covering as a Spiritual Practice: My Story

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When I started wearing a kippah, it was a spiritual practice.  It made me more aware of my tefillah, it made me more aware of God's pres...
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Being Seen: A Reflection on "My Fashion Choices—and My Husband’s—Reveal the Risks of Looking Hasidic"

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A friend pointed out this article, in which the author compares how it felt to wear a wig on the train on her own, to do so in the company ...
Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Rambam on Men's Clothing and Headwear

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Coming back to men's or ritual headcovering, after a break, here's the Rambam , discussing how one should dress for prayer.  So here...
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Thursday, November 8, 2012

Men's Headgear in the Talmud, part 1

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One of the primary texts from which the practice of wearing a kippah.  The context is a discussion about fortune/fate, and whether or not it...
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Friday, June 22, 2012

Experimenting With a Cap and a Scarf

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 I had some fun experimenting, and here's the results.  I was combining a large crocheted cap/kippah that I made (covering much but not...
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