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Is there a size yarmulke that is considered to small?
If it easy slips off or gets blown off by a breeze it’s likely too small.
This seams to be a loaded question.
Depends who you ask and whom the kippa is meant for.
Some say that the kippah has to be visible from all sides, but I’m not sure that is is widely agreed upon. Perhaps that is the reason why some put their kippah on the top of the head instead of letting it rest on the back top part of the head (which looks strange to me but whatever, to each his own.)
R’ Shlomo Kluger held that a Kippah has to cover Rov of the head. The first T’shuvah in the Igros Moshe very strongly disagrees with that P’sak. R’ Moshe Shternbuch tries to make a Chiluk to be M’kayeim the P’sak, but I think the Olam has accepted Pashtus like R’ Moshe (Feinstein).
R’ Shlomo Aviner in a T’shuvah says it has to be visible from all sides.
If you wear a toupee does that count as a yarmulke?
T613: Really random, but I was actually reading Confessions of a Jewish Cultbuster (original 1985, not current reprint) and there’s a story about how they were picking up a guy to deprogram him and they had to pretend not to be Jewish so a guy wore a toupee instead of a yarmulke because he didn’t want to uncover his head.
I have no idea of the halachic ramifications, but it’s just what popped into my mind.
(Also a great book, anyway.)
If it interferes with blood flow, it is too small. If it blows off, it might be too big.
The Pope wears a really big yarmulka and he’s super frum.
Just curious what’s the source for a yarmulka? (Men covering their head) Is it allowed to just wear for eating,davening, doing mitzvos?
Why would the Pope wear a skullcap?
There is nothing technically wrong with wearing a toupee as a head covering– except that it’s maris ayin.
There is a gemara in kiddushin that states about an amora that when his head covering blew off, he immediately stole some fruit off of a tree. (basic thrust of story)
Why are velvet yarms always sized bad (ie size 10 labled as size 6 , 1 as 7 etc.)?
@LevAryehBoy – I can just picture the pope wearing his “kippa” and singing, “I’m so Friiiim!” 😀
I wear a velvet Kippah, but I actually wonder why it’s not Chukas Akkum. The pope did it first.
Who sets the standard for the sizes marked inside yamalkas with what seems to be crayon? Is there a national standard as to what size a size 7 should be?
Our gemara Rebbe always told us: “your yarmulka should cover your brain so it depends how clever you are!”
@Shticky Guy – ROTFL!
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