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Showing posts with label men's head-covering source. Show all posts
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Monday, March 28, 2016

Devotional Head Covering Source, Shulhan Arukh, Orekh Chayim 91:3-4

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Translation partially by Sarah Mulhern. Text: שולחן ערוך אורח חיים הלכות תפלה סימן צא  יש אומרים שאסור להוציא אזכרה מפיו בראש מגולה,...
Monday, March 14, 2016

Devotional Head Covering Source, Shulhan Arukh, Orekh Chayim 2:6

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Text: שולחן ערוך אורח חיים הלכות הנהגת אדם בבקר סימן ב סעיף ו  אסור לילך  בקומה זקופה,  ולא ילך  ד' אמות בגילוי הראש (מפני כבוד ה...
Monday, February 15, 2016

Devotional Head Covering Source, Masechet Sofrim, Chapter 14, Halakha 12

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Translation mostly courtesy of Sarah Mulhern, rabbinical student and friend. (For more on Masechet Sofrim, one of the "smaller tracta...
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Monday, January 25, 2016

Head Covering Source, Talmud Bavli, Nedarim 30b

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Translation significantly done by Sarah Mulhern, some additions by me.   Text: משחורי הראש - אסור בקרחין ובעלי שיבות, ומותר בנשים ובקטני...
Monday, January 18, 2016

Devotional Head Covering Source: Kiddushin 8a

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Translation courtesy of Sarah Mulhern, rabbinical student and friend. Text:  וכגון דקביל כהן עילויה; כי הא דרב כהנא שקיל סודרא מבי פדיון...
Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Devotional Head Covering, Talmud Bavli, Shabbat 118b

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Translation courtesy of Sarah Mulhern, a talented friend and rabbinical student at Hebrew College. Text: אמר רב נחמן: תיתי לי דקיימית ש...
Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Devotional/Men's Head Covering Source: Pesachim 111b

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Thanks for the translation in this post go to Sarah Mulhern, rabbinical student and a friend of mine.  Commentary (and any blame) is, of cou...
Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Wigs and Men, or Halakha of the Toupee, Part 1

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I forget quite how this one came to my attention, but it's Jewish head covering, of a less-than-frequently-discussed variety.  Having bu...
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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, December 13, 2012

Shulhan Arukh on Going Bareheaded

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Shulhan Arukh 2:4 ולא ילך ד' אמות בגלוי הראש (מפני כבוד השכינה) ויבדק נקביו...  Translation: And one should not go/walk 4 cub...
Thursday, November 15, 2012

Men's Headgear in the Talmud, part 2

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Here's another short story about another Talmudic rabbi who had a head-covering practice: רב הונא בריה דרב יהושע לא מסגי ארבע אמות בג...
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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