The knitted Kipa is the brainchild of Rabbi Moshe Tzvi Neriah the founder of the Bnei Akiva movement, his wife actually crocheted it for him. It was intended as a way to keep cool in the Israeli heat.
Shui Haber, Marketing & Advertising, Mosaica Press Follow us on Instagram - @mosaicapress <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.instagram.com/mosaicapress/__;!!KGKeukY!nMI7I9s8pzXF-RbDSEomEg_t5JcjHATj559IVNP7JX721cWw7VaFYcDfQw74W0fecHIlE7MTJyQD4p8$ > Shop our online store - https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.mosaicapress.com__;!!KGKeukY!nMI7I9s8pzXF-RbDSEomEg_t5JcjHATj559IVNP7JX721cWw7VaFYcDfQw74W0fecHIlE7MTshD8yvE$ On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 5:09 PM Amalia Warshenbrot via Hasafran < hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > Mr. Lauer, > > This is interesting. I thought that it was common only in Israel. > > I still wonder was there a “policy” that suggested that Reform Rabbis > “should” not wear a Kippah ? > > Amalia W. > > > > > > > > *From: *Joseph I. Lauer via Hasafran <hasafran@lists.osu.edu> > *Sent: *Wednesday, August 25, 2021 12:11 AM > *To: *hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu > *Subject: *[ha-Safran] question about kippot > > > > May I move the timeline a bit? > > When I came up in 1953 from Miami Beach to attend the 9th grade in YU’s > Brooklyn Talmudical Academy, my late Aunt Rosalind Lauer made a knitted > Kippah for me. It was blue with a red band running around it near the edge. > > Others in that school and in other Yeshivot (including the Yeshiva of > Flatbush where my cousins were students) were already wearing knitted > Kippot. > > Unfortunately, those relatives are no longer with us so I cannot ask about > the source or inspiration for those early knitted Kippot. > > Joseph I. Lauer > > Brooklyn, New York > > > __ > Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual > author > and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries > (AJL) > ================================== > Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: > hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu > Ha-Safran Archives: > Current: > > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran*40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html__;JQ!!KGKeukY!nMI7I9s8pzXF-RbDSEomEg_t5JcjHATj559IVNP7JX721cWw7VaFYcDfQw74W0fecHIlE7MTpo0DULg$ > > Earlier Listserver: > > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran*40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html__;JQ!!KGKeukY!nMI7I9s8pzXF-RbDSEomEg_t5JcjHATj559IVNP7JX721cWw7VaFYcDfQw74W0fecHIlE7MT_NQrAjk$ > > AJL HomePage > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.JewishLibraries.org__;!!KGKeukY!nMI7I9s8pzXF-RbDSEomEg_t5JcjHATj559IVNP7JX721cWw7VaFYcDfQw74W0fecHIlE7MTGKLlXFM$ > > -- > Hasafran mailing list > Hasafran@lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran >
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