I always felt like I’ve exhausted everything you could possibly write about yarmulkes. I’ve approached it from the place on your head where you wear it, the style vs. hashkafa, and even the whole slew problems that comes with changing…
Tag: Yarmulkes
Two yeshiva guys making out
I was recently talking with this rather yeshivish dude who moved into our community, not sure how it came up, but I told him that my favorite neighborhood in San Francisco happened to be the gayest neighborhood. His response was…
Off the derech garage sale: Tefillin, hats, tzitzis, etc
Hey Hesh, I’m a long time reader of your blog and I have a bunch of interesting stuff for sale that you or maybe someone you know may be interested in. Most of the items I have are religious items…
The wikipedia yarmulke chart
Hat Tip to Talia for alerting me to this amazing chart in the Wikipedia page for Yarmulkes Image Type Movement Crocheted Religious Zionism , Modern Orthodox,[17] Conservative Judaism,[20] Reform Judaism[20] Suede Modern Orthodox,[17] Conservative Judaism,[20] Reform Judaism[20] Black velvet Haredi[21]…
What is the most neutral of yarmulkes
In typical Heshy fashion I had a pretty intense argument this past shabbos about which yarmulke is the most politically neutral of all. For those of you who don’t know, yarmulkes are the number one way that other Jews will…
Do you find black velvet to be sexy?
I myself don’t see the sex appeal of a large black velvet yarmulke, but some ladies do, in fact, many baal teshuva girls I have spoken to have told me that they have some fetish for black velvet yarmulke wearing…
My new haircut
I didn’t actually shave my head, but I was driving to work last Tuesday and it was hot, really hot out – like close to 100 – apparently this summer has been cold, but to me waking up to a…
Why I love being an orthodox Jew
Once in a while I get a comment that asks me why I poke fun at orthodox Jews and Judaism when I can just leave the fold. Obviously these people don’t get me and are way too serious to be…
Shabbos in San Jose
The Rabbi was yeshivish, clearly so because he used words that most of the shul didn’t understand, caught himself, and then said the English translation afterwards. My host said he was a YU guy, but I couldn’t see it. Was…
Friday night adventures at the Young Israel of Hillcrest (Queens)
If the man didn’t hand me a siddur I don’t think I would have found them, I asked him where they were and without speaking to me, or even acknowledging me he handed me a maroon artscroll siddur, of the…
Kipah Sruga Burning in Bnei Brak
Thousands of Charedim gathered today to protest a new Hesder Yeshiva being build within the city limits of Bnei Brak. They burnt dumpsters filled with kipah srugas, colorful tichels, Rav Kook seforim and those artsy drawings of the ten sefirot…
On people who remove their yamrulkes when entering a bar
I found this post on Material Maidels blog about two guys she and her friend went to a club with that removed their yarmulkes when they walked into the bar. I am one of the only people I know that…
Do people wash their yarmulkes?
Someone told me that its something I have never written about, but when you think of it the yarmulke is a pretty dirty article of clothing that rarely gets washed. It sits on your head all the time through sweat…
I went to my first Egalitarian minyan and it was interesting
I think the last time I put on something that I would have called shabbos shorts was in the mid 1980’s, you know, those dark shorts that covered your knees that you wore to shabbos parties that gave out pekalechs…
You can wear any color yarmulke you want as long as its black
I thought I was being clever with this…
Changing your yarmulke style is not that easy
Yarmulkes are kind of like TV remotes, you lose them once in a while and go freaking crazy. Our TV remote would get lost in the weirdest of places, mostly because, in our family retaining control of the “flicker” meant…
Judging people based on the way they wear their yamrulkes
Someone can probably write a book on yarmulkes, after all they are the most identifying aspect of someone Jewish and male, sometimes female as well. Besides for the locks and beards stereotypes that many in the media give us- the…