Wednesday, May 24, 2006

No Kipah? No Problem!




(Mivtzoyim, in an unnamed Israeli Army base)

Photo by Shturem.net

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I remember about 20 years ago, when I was a camper, the bochurim would often cover their heads with their arm to say a brocha. Someone asked R' Osdoba if this counted as a covering and he said, only if they tear off their arm first.
It looks like these guys got it right...

Anonymous said...

I have seen Satmarer yungeleit covering their head with their sleeve over their kappel as a second head covering when saying a brocha. (This is when their hats are not available)
I presume thats fine.

Hirshel Tzig - הירשל ציג said...

Kurenitzer

funy that you say that saw Satmarer Yungeleit.

The arm is only a כיסוי if it's covered, at least that's the way I've always understood it. The Rebbe Rashab does mention this in the Maamar of ת"ר נר חנוכה תרמ"ג , the fact that אין עצם מסתיר על עצם Which basically means you can't cover yourself. The soldiers here had no sleeves so they used each others' hands instead.