ext_223001 ([identity profile] margavriel.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] debka_notion 2006-10-31 09:31 pm (UTC)

And it's also worth the demonstration that a head covering can be anything that works: there's no particular intrinsic special power in a kippah.

Anything that "works" as what?

The obligation (?) of married (?) women to cover their hair is lern'd out (oysgelernt) of a few bits and pieces scattered around in various sugyin in the Gemoro, combined with longstanding minhag yisro'eil and political hype.

The (non-existent?) obligation (????????!) of men to cover their heads is based purely on communal standards, combined with an isolated weird aggadto and more political hype.

I cover my head in the way I do (black fedora) in order to demonstrate how strongly I belong to a community to which I do not belong.

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