What is it with jews and hats some wear really big ones other wear very small ones - why?

Question

if they are all jews why do some wear big ones like this

http://images.usatoday.com/news/_photos/2006/12/11/holocaust-topper.jpg

and others wear very small skull caps i think they are called kippah or yarmulke

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/sirrobhitch.suffolk/synagogue/images/objects/kippah.jpg&imgrefurl=http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/sirrobhitch.suffolk/synagogue/starter/skullcap.htm&h=371&w=286&sz=9&tbnid=gfioMj9ent4J::&tbnh=122&tbnw=94&prev=/images%3Fq%3Djewish%2Bskull%2Bcaps%2Bpictures&hl=en&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=1&ct=image&cd=1

Answer 1

It represents their Jew-Level. You see, each jew is born with an innate "jew energy". So, these jews go to special schools to train and hone their "jew energy" skills. The ones with small hats are lowly jews,

while the ones with very large hats are jew-masters. They can most likely take on the form of a cockroach

Answer 2

The first picture is of a group of Hasidic Jews - it's an ultra-orthodox form of Judaism .

The Yarmulke or skull-cap is the accepted way for a Jew to cover his head when praying to Yahweh ( their name for God), as required in the Torah.

Answer 3

The jews of the world are all split into different groupings and have their own customs.The first picture is the faintly ridiculous Hissidic jews from the Polish region.They are extremists and use their hats to differentiate than from other groups.

The second picture is the skull cap,which is worn by mainstream jews,sometimes only for festivals.

So......Hissidic

          Ultra Orthodox

          Orthodox

          Religious

          mainstream

          Liberal Church

          Reform Church

          Secular  (secular is not the same as christian secular as it usually means casual adherence)

All the above do not really get on with each other and live in a fractious way with each other

Answer 4

Hi wanker.  Wayne Kerr 69!

Not exactly breaking new ground here are you?  YAWN...

You're trolling mate & inciting religious hatred will get you fcuked off this site pdq. hopefully...  

Well it's good to hear that you've taken your pills, just don't forget them in future!

As to insulting you, if you choose to take the p**s you'll get it back in spades from me . Putting it simply for you, if you can't take a joke you shouldn't have joined!

And the email bit? Sure I'd welcome a debate with you but having been on this site for a while I've see too many REAL nutters to enable that.!

Go in peace mate...

Answer 5

It's rank.  As you become more important, your brim gets wider.  For example - Kinky Friedman.  His hat is HUGE, and nobody can deny that he is a very important Jew.

http://www.tcadp.org/uploads/images/frie...

Please don't get cross and report my answer.

Have a nice day.

ADD:  man, some people are really touchy on the Shabbos.  You know - you're not supposed to be using electricity...

Answer 6

Tradition.

Orthodox Judaism is made up of a few groups, and each has its own customs.

Answer 7

The Hassidic wear a hat with a larger brim called a Streimel.

The Orthodox in General will wear a black Kippa (head covering) most in either felt or hide.

Now, depending which particular group within Orthodoxy (this is about hats) you can tell who belongs to which group typically by how wide, short, long, the brim is, or how tall the hat is.

The Modern Orthodox typically wear Kippot that have color in them or are woven with some design in it, maybe their name, whatever.

Answer 8

its just different sub-cultures and such.  some have entirely different styles of "hat" than those commonly seen ones. it doesnt' really actually mean all that much in that sense.

and also, no jewish people refer to God as "yahweh"  that is an absurd attempt at pronouncing the tetragrammaton, and Jewish people do not do that.