# Questions about Judaic rituals.  Are ya there Zev Steinhardt?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 27, 2002, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-judaic-rituals-are-ya-there-zev-steinhardt/139198 "2002-11-27T21:01:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-judaic-rituals-are-ya-there-zev-steinhardt/139198/21 "2002-11-29T14:28:45Z")

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> \*Originally posted by mrcrow \*  
> \*\*when i was in safad in the sephardic synagogue the soldiers came in with no hats…they just put a hand over their head.  
> i suppose this is a token gesture?  
> 🙂 \*\*

I don’t know. By the standards of normative Orthodox Judaism, simply placing one’s hand on one’s head is not acceptable.

Zev Steinhardt

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**Author:** ![mrcrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@mrcrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrcrow)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-judaic-rituals-are-ya-there-zev-steinhardt/139198/22 "2002-11-29T15:10:59Z")

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> \*Originally posted by zev\_steinhardt \*  
> \*\*I don’t know. By the standards of normative Orthodox Judaism, simply placing one’s hand on one’s head is not acceptable.
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> Zev Steinhardt \*\*

neither did we! but soldiers are soldiers  
everyone else was covered…and btw we were visitors with ladies and children  
when we visited shilo we had to ‘cover up’ so i guess there is a little thing of relaxation in safad with the sephardic and the military.  
managed to get in the tunnel under the wailing wall.  
quite a trip

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**Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-judaic-rituals-are-ya-there-zev-steinhardt/139198/23 "2002-11-29T15:16:21Z")

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> \*Originally posted by mrcrow \*  
> \*\*managed to get in the tunnel under the wailing wall.  
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I took that tour too (under the wall). It was amazing.

Zev Steinhardt

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