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Where do the terms Kippa and Yamaka and Yarmulke come from? Is Kippah from the same word as Chuppah?

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Where does Yamaka or Yarmulke come from? Obviously, a Kippah means a cover, but what language is Yamaka and what does it mean?

A kipah is a covering over our heads. A Chuppah is a canopy over weddings. Are they from the same root? Where do they originate from?


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Treebeard 72

asked 11 years ago


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