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--- Quote from: Dan Ben Noah on June 12, 2012, 06:32:33 PM ---I have been trying to trace the requirement of Jews to have their head covered at all times in the Mishneh Torah.  In the laws of prayer, it says Jews must have their head covered while they pray.  In the laws of personal development, it says that a sage should always have his head covered.  But I'm not finding a requirement for regular Jews to always have their head covered.  This requirement seems to have come later in Jewish history.  The Shulchan Aruch does require it.  Does anyone know if Rambam required all Jews to have a head covering, such as a kipa, at all times?

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It's not that it "came later" - You're not seeing it in halachic codes because it is not required halachically.   It is customary attire for Jewish men (a head covering, that is), and I believe it goes back to Talmudic times, certainly to rishonic period!   Not everything we do is required, some things are cultural.   This one became pervasive.  And we do so with the idea that we are humble before God by covering our head.

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Rare photo of Rabbi Yihhye Ibn Shlomoh El Qafahh ZS'L


He was the head of the Yemenite group that follows Rambam. You see his head is covered in the picture.
But maybe you might suggest, that this is no proof for what the simple Jew is required to do according to Rambam.
If that's the case, why not ask someone in that community?
This is not such a scholarly answer, but from the pictures I've seen of religious Yemenite Jews, it seems they all wear head coverings.

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