Reply To: Why do people still wear black hats?

Are you sure you are correct Hacham? If I recall correctly, I once saw a letter by the Maharshal complaining that the average person walks outside without their head covered. Can you prove/do you have a source that Jews always did this? I also seem to recall a Gemara in Kiddushin that Bachurim (before they were married) would not wear an (additional) covering on their heads.