When Jews Wore Turbans
It would seem that most Canadian Jews were pleased with the Supreme Court of Canada decision, a few years ago, upholding the Sikhs' right to wear turbans in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police ("RCMP"). After all, many of us also have vested interests in keeping our heads covered as part of our own traditional religious observances. A skull-cap is of course easier to accommodate than a turban, as it may be discreetly placed underneath a Mountie hat.
But some of our ancestors were also turban-wearers. As with many items in Jewish history, this fact continues to affect us in some surprising ways.
To take a rather simple example: the daily prayers recited by observant Jews include a benediction praising God "Who crowns Israel with glory."
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Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/judaism/17453-jews-sikhs-how-similar-can-we.html
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it has been the practice among many Jews to wear a beard and sidelocks (
pe'ot). The
Talmud describes the beard as an "adornment of the face" and implies that a beardless man cannot be said to be handsome.
In the
kabbalah [mysticism], the beard is said to represent on earth the "beard of the Holy Ancient One" on high, that is, the stage in the unfolding of the
sefirot [divine emanations] at which the divine grace, symbolized by the strands of the beard, begins to flow throughout all creation. In kabbalistic circles the beard becomes a sacred object and some kabbalists would not even remove a single hair from their beard. The statement that, according to the
kabbalah, there is no need to wear a beard outside the
Holy Land, is unwarranted.
Hasidism follows the kabbalah and all
Hasidim wear long beards and sidelocks.
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Five articles as embracing the chief tenets of Mosaism: - God is and rules;
- God is one;
- the world was created;
- Creation is one;
- God's providence rules Creation.
Why Sikhs ....Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/showthread.php?t=17453 The Sikhism Home Page: The Khalsa