Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word kippa.
Examples
-
They'll tell you if your clothes are mixed with cotton and wool threads; or your kippa is the wrong kind; or, they will follow you down the highway to tell you just what they think of your driving.
One Hand Clapping 2009
-
What kind of kippa / yarmulke will vary by community and carry a ridiculous amount of symbolic weight; in this case, black velvet is a safe bet.
-
Some may choose to wear things like the hijab, turban or kippa, but that's another story, because somehow headgear bothers a whole lot of people.
Ajarat Bada: Fatwa For Tebow Ajarat Bada 2012
-
A man in thick glasses and a black kippa offers me some Bamba.
Danna Harman: What I Learned At Limmud Danna Harman 2011
-
Some may choose to wear things like the hijab, turban or kippa, but that's another story, because somehow headgear bothers a whole lot of people.
Ajarat Bada: Fatwa For Tebow Ajarat Bada 2012
-
In his kippa and tallis (the traditional skullcap and prayer shawl), he paused frequently along the way so that those gathered to commemorate this important day might reach out from the pews to touch their own tallis to the sacred scroll.
Sylvia Sukop: Germany's First Jewish Cantor Since the Holocaust Finds a New Home in Los Angeles 2010
-
Wearing a kippa, or a Jewish skull cap, Khaute's family home is decorated with both reminders of India and the symbols of his present life - Jewish religious books and framed sayings in Hebrew.
-
For instance, when did the practice of wearing a kippa begin and why?
Chesler Chronicles » Khomeini-ism Comes to Israel: Women of the Wall vs. the Jewish State 2010
-
If you want to wear a kippa ... well, you are allowed to but I wouldnt recommend doing so in large areas of the UK ... so, in effect, you have to go live elsewhere.
Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010
-
If you want to wear a kippa ... well, you are allowed to but I wouldnt recommend doing so in large areas of the UK ... so, in effect, you have to go live elsewhere.
Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010
doniels commented on the word kippa
Kippa is a skullcap that religious Jewish males wear at all times.
July 9, 2009