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and the practice is supported in the Talmud. The origin of the practice lies entirely outside the instruction
of the Bible. Following is another excerpt, this time from the Jewish Mag website.

The kippah does... have some basis in Talmudic literature, where it is associated with reverence for
God. In Kiddushin 31a, for example, R. Honah ben Joshua declares that he "never walked four
cubits with his head uncovered... Because the Divine Presence is always over my head." In like
manner, tractate Shabbat 156b states, "Cover your head in order that the fear of heaven may be
upon you"; and in Berachot 60b, it is written, "When he spreads a cloth upon his head he should
say: Blessed are you (God)... Who crowns Israel with splendor..."

In the Middle Ages, French and Spanish rabbis introduced the practice of covering one's head
during prayer and Torah study, and Maimonides (1135-1204) similarly ruled that a Jewish man
should cover his head during prayer (Mishne Torah, Ahavah, Hilkhot Tefilah 5:5)
[Source: http://www.jewishmag.com/122mag/kippa%5Ckippa.htm]

Again we see the Talmud being the authority behind this practice. As has been mentioned previously,
the Talmud is the written form of the Oral Torah, the traditions of the rabbis which in a great many
instances contradict the word of God. Yahshua rebuked the Jews for placing the commandments of
men above the commandments of Yahweh “thus invalidating the word of God by your tradition
which you have handed down...” (Mark 7:13). It is arguable that if a practice did not originate in the
mind of Yahweh, it ultimately originated in the mind of Satan who induced mankind to think and
act independently of his Creator. History repeatedly reveals that Satan has been successful in
introducing profane elements of idolatrous practices into Judaism and Christianity. Let us therefore
examine the evidence which might lead us to the origin and meaning of the dome shaped cap worn
by both Jews and Roman Catholic clergy.

In looking into the origin of the kippah, one is struck between the similarity between this cap worn
on the head of Jewish men and the dome which is so common an element in the construction of
synagogues (and Roman Catholic sanctuaries).

Synagogue Domes and Kippot (Plural of Kippah)