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To: Olog-hai

I’ve only heard the term yarmulke. Learn something every day.


8 posted on 04/24/2018 10:18:03 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Menehune56

“I’ve only heard the term yarmulke”

Yarmulke is the yiddish word originating among European Jews. Kippah is the Hebrew term, literally meaning ‘covering’. They are pretty much interchangeable.


9 posted on 04/24/2018 12:41:37 PM PDT by Zack Attack
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