Q&A: Kippah
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Kippah
Question
Why did the Shulchan Arukh rule that one must walk with a kippah? Is that from the Talmud? A custom?
Answer
It is a custom. The Shulchan Arukh’s words in siman 2 are another example of what I wrote here in the past: that the author does not consistently distinguish between rabbinic laws, Torah-level laws, and customs.
I seem to remember that when I was a child, the Rabbi brought a proof from the Torah for the obligation to walk with a kippah. Fond memories of better days.