how often do you wear a kippah?

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Ah, Tel-Aviv in the summer – when the semi-official uniform for most women (and many men, but I’m not interested in them ;)) at leisure is tank-top/sleeveless + shorts + sandals!

Or IOW – what **Alessan **said! :slight_smile:

And with this, we have probably completed a 180° departure from the OP…

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How do you keep the kippah on your head? Looks like it could fall off at any moment.

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A hair clip, also known as a “Bobby Pin” (which really should be “Bubbe” (grandmother) Pin)

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I use this velcro-like tape. I stick it inside the keppah and the hooks stick to my goyisch hair. :slight_smile:

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:smack: Kinda obvious when you think about it.
That’s all well and good for people with hair, but what about bald ones? Glue? Chinstrap? I’m guessing a kippah just sits better on a bald head.

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Gravity!

Kippa: ^
Head: O

I’m not going to diagram the vectors in ascii art, but you see what I mean.

I pretty much always wear it. I’ve recently made an exception for the gross anatomy lab, because I don’t want to unconsciously adjust it and get formaldehyde/cadaver fluids in my hair.

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If I’m wearing clothes, I’m wearing a kippah.

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I don’t use clips or pins, but mine just stays on. I have short, fuzzy buzzed hair which seems to create more friction and help it stay on better. As long as I don’t move my head too vigorously it usually stays on.

As I said in the OP, I usually keep mine on at home most of the time but I take it off when I smoke. I don’t think it officially counts as a chillul hashem, but for some reason I just feel bad wearing my kippah while I smoke.

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For years, I wore one every day. Like DocCathode, if I was clothed, I also wore a kippah. This was partly an exercise in examining issues of belief versus practice, and partly a response to my frustration with the way many people around me seemed to assume that Christianity is simply the default state of being.*

I kept up this practice when I was working in semi-rural Wisconsin, where I seemed to be the only non-Christian for miles and miles. After I returned to a more culturally diverse region, I stopped wearing one. Here, people assume that kippah = Orthodox, which I definitely am not.**

  • This is not to be construed as a criticism of Christians or Christianity.
    ** Heck, I might as well just accept that I’m an atheist.
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Today, a man saw my yarmulke and assumed I was Orthodox.

“What’s an Orthodox Jew doing in a Chinese buffet?”

I told him “If it has soy sauce on it, it doesn’t count”.

Yes, I really got to deliver the classic line in real life. It was the perfect ending to a wonderful meal.

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I didn’t think there was a misconception that Chinese food was not kosher.

Heck, where’s the stereotype of Jews eating Chinese food on Christmas Day come from anyway?

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Almost as cool as when the guy at Complete Computing asked me what was wrong with the printer, and I said, “Smoke comes out the back.”

Maybe better. :slight_smile:

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Probably because those are more likely to be open on Christmas Day than other types of restaurants.

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Also, it’s almost ridiculously easy to adhere to “Kashrut-Lite[sup]TM[/sup]”* with Chinese food – they don’t use any dairy in Chinese cuisine, so just lay off the Pork and Shrimp dishes, and you’re OK…

  • Obviously this isn’t good enough for most Orthodox and some other Jews; but I think most American Jews fall under this level of keeping kosher, or less (or not at all)
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And stay away from the crab Ragoon.