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An exhibition of the Jewish Museum Berlin from 22nd March until 1st September 2013.

I visited the exhibition on Monday, 22th April 2013. It is really worth to see it. Very well done and very instructive.

Some impressions about Jewish head coverings:

The "hat section"

The headlines

Special kippa with the name of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov

Same style with pompom like here:

Knited White Kippa (כִּיפָּה) Worn by Breslov Kids

I can highly recommend to you the article:

The Top Hat that decended from Heaven, and other Musings on Jewish Head Attire

by Michal Friedlander, too.

Jewish Military Kippot

© all pictures: Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) & Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)

Bukharan Kippot

Following some kippot worn by Bukharan (or Bukharain, Bukhari, Bukharim) Jews

Bukharan (Buhari) Kippah made by Larissa Eidlina

Bukharan (Buhari) Kippah made by Larissa Eidlina

The top is conical.

Bukharan Kippah with tiny round mirrors

Bukharan Kippah with tiny round mirrors

© picture: Tallitmaaven by Marilyn Levy

"White velvet Bukharan Kippah was custom designed for a Rabbi to wear for Yom Kippur 5770. Because Pomegranates/Rimonim are so plentiful in Israel during the High Holy days, a large pomegranate was embossed on the top, with seed pearls added by hand. The sides have tiny pomegranates and tiny Magen Davids with seed pearls. A Beautiful new tradition for the Rabbi's congregation in Hertsfordshire, Great Britain. This kippah was a winning entry in the Juried Jewish Ceremonial Arts Show 2, October, 2009, at Or Shalom Synagogue in London, Ontario. The judges appreciated its simple elegance."

Some Bukharan sights:

The Lithuanian Kippah (כִּיפָּה)

Lithuanian Rabbi Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz (הרב מיכל יהודה לפקוביץ)

wearing a Lithunian Kippah

Rabbi Moshe Feinstein (הרב משה פיינשטיין)

Rabbi Shraga Fievel Mendelson (הרב שרגא פייבל מנדלסון)

Lithuanian Kippah made of very thin fabric

You can recognize the inner hat, too.

Knited White Kippa (כִּיפָּה) Worn by Breslov Kids

(c) picture: yoavelad

Breslov kids prepare for Shabbat, Mea Shearim, Jerusalem

This knitted kipa is worn my many yerushalmi (jerusalem) hasidut's like Somrei Emunim, Toldot Aharon, Toldot Avraham Yitzchok, Breslev and many others. Other people wear it during the holy days of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kipur, too

Comments:

"I don't believe these children are Breslov. I believe they are Shomer Emunim. The Shomer Emunim are known for wearing the Jerusalemite white kippa. Also, Shomer Emunim Chassidim are based in Mea Shearim, which leads me to believe you are mistaken in labeling them Breslov Chassidim."

"Then again, I could be wrong. They may very well be Breslover Chasidim. I can never tell with the Breslover Chasidim because they don't have a "uniform" like the other Chasidic groups have."

(c) Miriam Woelke

The knitted kippah made of 6 segments.

See as well my article kippa versus pileolus

Kippa versus Pileolus

A questions often asked:

"What is the difference between the jewish kippa (yarmulke) and the catholic pileolus (soli deo, zucchetto)?"
> The number of panels (segments) they are made of and the stem (seldom a button) on the top.

© Orbis Catholicus 9th of January 2011

Roman Catholic priests wearing a pileolus (soli deo, zucchetto) with 8 panels (segments)
and a little stem (2-3 cm) on the top

Pileolus (soli deo, zucchetto) of Roman Catholic cardinal with 8 panels (segments)
and a little stem (2-3 cm) on the top

Roman Catholic priests wearing as well pileoli (soli deo, zucchetto) with 6 panels (segments)
and a little button; this one is from a Polish priest

A Jewish kippa (yarmulke) with 4 panels (segments) and no stem on the top

The phiro of the Syriac Orthodox clergy

Please direct your attention to the 7 panels (segments),

indicating the full priesthood of the celebrant

(click on the picture to get a closer view)