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Religion See other Religion Articles Title: Should People Wear Hats When they Pray? (Did Yeshuah wear a head covering?) I am not very religious, but some recent photos got me thinking about the issue of whether one's head should be covered while praying. According to first Corinthians chapter 11, christian men should not cover their heads while praying, but christian women should cover their heads. On Covering the Head in Worship 2 I praise you for remembering me in everything and for holding to the traditions just as I passed them on to you. 3 But I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man,[a] and the head of Christ is God. 4 Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head. 5 But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head—it is the same as having her head shaved. 6 For if a woman does not cover her head, she might as well have her hair cut off; but if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, then she should cover her head. 7 A man ought not to cover his head,[b] since he is the image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man. 8 For man did not come from woman, but woman from man; 9 neither was man created for woman, but woman for man. 10 It is for this reason that a woman ought to have authority over her own[c] head, because of the angels. 11 Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. 12 For as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God. 13 Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? 14 Does not the very nature of things teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him, 15 but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering. 16 If anyone wants to be contentious about this, we have no other practice—nor do the churches of God. http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/? http://search=1%20Corinthians%2011&version=NIV">www.biblegateway.com/pass...inthians%2 011 &versi on=NIV I also found a website by a man named Ed Nelson claiming that there is nothing in Jewish law requiring men to cover their head at worship, and that the custom of jewish men covering their heads was borrowed from the Babylonians. He also says that, at the time Paul was writing, most Jews did not cover their heads (except in Spain). www.ed- http://nelson.com/modules...me=News&file=print&sid=22 Did Yeshuah Pray with a head Covering? Today's Jewish Practice of Head Coverings is Rabbinic, not Biblical. Most Jews today believe that a man wearing a head covering when he prays is a tradition that was embraced by the Torah. This is not the case at all. Even the best of Jewish literature teaches otherwise. Neither the Torah, the whole Tenach (Hebrew Bible) or the Talmud (fifth century A.D.) teach men to cover their head when praying. In fact, the Jewish tradition for men to cover their heads in prayer has no Hebraic or Torah root at all, but is pagan in origin. It first occurred when Jewish men in Babylonian exile adapted the pagan custom of the Babylonians to cover their heads. It is well attested that paganism, not the Bible nor pre-Babylon Hebrew teachings, taught that men should cover their heads when they make their prayers to their gods. Jews in Babylonian capitivity adapted their ways. Torah was neglected, and it took Ezra after the exile to call them back to the Torah and righteous living. The Encyclopedia Judaica, a well-respected Jewish source, states: "The covering of the head, as an expression of the fear of G-d, (yirat shammayim), and as a continuation of the Babylonian scholars was gradually endorsed by the rabbis." .... In this true context for men having head coverings, it was to show uncleanness and unworthiness before God, their unjustified state penultimately shown in the unclean (tamei) state of death. Hence, men who mourned wore hats and women covered their heads. Lepers covered their heads because of their uncleanness. And, because of their sinfulness, high priests wore a miter and the priests wore hats. They mourned for their sins and the sins of others as they were daily reminded by the practice of animal sacrifices (see Leviticus 1-5). Again Encyclopedia Judaica says: "Jewish tradition requires men to cover the head as a sign of humility before G-d, and women, as evidence of modesty before men, although the Bible does not explicitly command either men or women to cover the head." And again: "Artistic representation, such as Egyptian and Babylonian tablets and in the synagogue at Dura Europos, generally depict Israelites, (and later Jews) without head covering." Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 4.
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On a more secular note, I found out that the custom of standing and removing headgear for the national anthem was invented by an Irish mayor of Olympia Washington in 1893. Plaque on the Hotel Bostwick, near the Pantages Theatre in Tacoma, WA. Rossell G. O’Brien is honored with the plaque above on the Hotel Bostwick, across the street from the Pantages Theatre in Tacoma. In January 1973 in the US House of Representatives, House Resolution 137 stated, “… the late Rossell G. O’Brien, former mayor of Olympia, Washington, is hereby recognized and honored for originating the custom of rising and standing with head uncovered during a rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner, the national anthem of the United States.” Rossell O’Brien was born in Dublin in 1846 and as a 16-year-old fought in the US Civil War with the Union Army’s 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. In 1870, he moved to Washington Territory where he served as clerk of the Supreme Court and as United States commissioner. In 1882 he organized the first National Guard in Washington Territory and was its first Commander. He served on the Olympia City Council starting in 1883 and was elected Mayor in 1891. He was also involved in the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, an organization of Civil War veterans. At a meeting in Tacoma’s Bostwick Hotel October 18 1893, he proposed a motion that all should stand and remove their hats during the playing of the Star-Spangled Banner. The motion was unanimously adopted, and within two years, had also been adopted nationally by the Loyal Legion which promoted the custom nationwide. O’Brien died in 1914 and is buried in Oakland, California.
Ordinarily, people are supposed to remove their hats in court, too, but in my area a Jewish lawyer gets to keep his yarmulke on with no reprimand about it.
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