Ask the Rabbi
- Family and Society
- Jewish Society and Community
- Community Questions
- Halacha
- The Jew's Person and Attire
- Kippa
Question
Why do people wear black hats? What is the purpose? Isn’t a yarmalka good enough?
Answer
Wearing a kippa is good enough (see Iggrot Moshe Orach Chayyim I 1 and Yabiya Omer 6,Orach Chayyim 15).
Funeral and shiva minyan
Rabbi Moshe Leib Halberstadt | Nisan 30, 5773
involvement of Jews in politics
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Cheshvan 6, 5774
burial of non-members
Rabbi Chaim Tabasky | 11 Tevet 5767
