kippa 2

Asked by JOPE · September 14, 2004 · Other

Question

You quoted your father: "Surely in this time noone argues that you need to cover your head all day" This means that a kippa is optional!! You said: Today ("surely in this time") no one claims, or puts forth the position ("no one argues") that you need to wear a kippa all day ("that you need to cover your head all day") So, again, to clarfy, is that true? Nobody holds that a kippa is necessary anymore? Wow.

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Answered by Aaron Abadi

Slow down! There are different levels to each law. There are some that are Biblical Commandments, others that are Rabbinical restrictions, and others that are merely Customs. Once something is a law, it is a law, even if it started only as a Custom. Wearing a head-covering for men was not mandatory, except during Prayers and similar situations. At some point in History the men accepted it as a Custom to wear it everywhere. Now it is an absolute requirement. AA