Written and Edited - June 17th, 2017 - 2:59 pm to 3:11 pm
That's a Kippah
When I started working at B'nai Shalom Day School, I was very limited in my Jewish education. But one thing I knew for sure. The head covering that men wear is called a yarlmuke. Okay, so that's at least one thing I know.
But at one point, I kept hearing people talk about a kippah. Later I found out that they called a male head covering a kippah. I felt like Homer Simpson saying, "doh" to myself.
At first I was extremely frustrated. The one thing I know for sure and it's something I don't know after all.
Later I learned that kippah is the Hebrew word and yarlmuke the Yiddish word for male head covering.
I also saw learning kippah as learning something new which added to my life. So that was a gift or a blessing.