Kippas, Kippot, Yarmulkas, and why do grown Jewish men walk around with a tiny hat?

"Hey you, yes you, I'm talking to you... What'saround the world wear kippot, yarmulkes or
that thing on your head? That small hat? Youwhatever you might call it.
know it ain't gonna do much to protect you fromOne could trace the origins of the word yarmulke
that New York weather don't you? Come again?to age of dinosaurs. Na... not really... we don't care
A what? A kippah? Come again? No, have no ideaabout dinosaurs. But we do believe in Yiddish, and
what a Yarmulke is..."they say that yarmulke is actually a Yiddish word
Well, you shouldn't alone. Many people findthat is derived from the old Polish word -
themselves staring at a small, colorful, yet funnyjarmulka, and if you'll ask any good Polish speaking
head cap, that is traditionally worn by religious,person, he will tell you that it means nothing but a
Jewish men. Let's dedicate a few moments ofsimple "cap".
our lives and figure out why, oh why, people