June 5, 1997
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 96 19:55 EDT From: Mark Hurvitz <rmark@nisus-soft.com> To: hucalum@huc.edu Subject: A _Reverent_ Question About the Kipah Message-ID: <m0v5hKD-0003DJC@exc.com> To those of you who wear a Kipah (either in general or in the synagog) and encourage (and/or insist, require, etc. that) those in your congregation and/or religious school wear one either while at school and/or in the sanctuary... Do you wear Tzitzit? If not, why not? And also, if not, how do you make the distinction between a Mitzvah mi-d'oraita and a... how shall I call it, a custom developed in recent historical time? I ask from the perspectives of how we respond to Mitzvot as well as of sociology and anthropology (that is, how common is this and how does one particular behavior supplant another). I appreciate your thoughtful response and while you are welcome to respond to me privately, I think that this is an issue that would have meaning for the collective. `//rite on, ,\\ark Hurvitz
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