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    garydonpowell Posts: 2, Reputation: 1
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    Nov 8, 2007, 06:45 PM
    About jewish headwear.
    Where did that thing that jews where on there head originate from?
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    Nov 9, 2007, 09:35 AM
    It's called a yarmulke. See:

    Kippah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    And

    Kippah
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    Dec 13, 2011, 02:59 PM
    Yarmulke - pronounced Yah-Ma-Keh

    Its use is varied by different sects of the Jewish faith and the reasons for its use are also as varied. One of the more common reasons is it is a sign of Piety as God is always over your head. Other Jewish scholars have suggested it was to distinguish Jews from non-Jews.
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