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A Kippah or Yarmulke is a religious head covering worn to inspire fear of heaven as it reminds | A Kippah or Yarmulke is a religious head covering worn to inspire fear of heaven in the mind of the one wearing it as it reminds the wearer that G-d is above a person all the time. <ref> Gemara in shabbat 156b </ref> | ||
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==What can one do without a Kippah?== | ==What can one do without a Kippah?== | ||
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# One is allowed to think about Torah even if he's not wearing a Kippah (such as if he’s in bed or by a pool). <ref> Sh”t Yabea Omer 6:15(7), Sherit Yosef 2 pg 370 </ref> | # One is allowed to think about Torah even if he's not wearing a Kippah (such as if he’s in bed or by a pool). <ref> Sh”t Yabea Omer 6:15(7), Sherit Yosef 2 pg 370 </ref> | ||
# One is allowed to greet a Jew who isn’t wearing a Kippah even if he’ll respond “Shalom” which has the status of Hashem’s name. <Ref> Sh”t Yabea Omer 6:15(8). See further Sh”t Otzrot Yosef 1:5e </ref> | # One is allowed to greet a Jew who isn’t wearing a Kippah even if he’ll respond “Shalom” which has the status of Hashem’s name. <Ref> Sh”t Yabea Omer 6:15(8). See further Sh”t Otzrot Yosef 1:5e </ref> | ||
# One is permitted to shower, sleep, and swim without a head covering. <ref> Sh"t Yabia Omer 6:15:7, Sh"t Otzrot Yosef 1:5 </ref> | # One is permitted to shower, sleep, and swim without a head covering. <ref> Sh"t Yabia Omer 6:15:7, Sh"t Otzrot Yosef 1:5 </ref>Even at places where the minhag isn't to wear a Kippah, such as one who is swimming, one must nonetheless wear a Kippah in order to say a Bracha. <ref>Vezot Habracha (p. 8)</ref> | ||
==Wearing a Kippah to sleep== | ==Wearing a Kippah to sleep== | ||
