variants
or kippa
plural kippahs or kippas or kippot
ˌkē-ˈpōt 
: yarmulke
Goldberg attends a Conservative synagogue and one of her three children wears a kippah.—
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Meltzer wore a black kippah, black pants, black Sorel boots, and a green Gore-Tex jacket over a black blazer and a white shirt.
—Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
Thousands of young men in knitted kippahs chanted and danced in circles, their arms wrapped around one another, their voices echoing off the stone building.
—Jordan Castro, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
The design includes multiple dogs wearing kippahs, playing dreidel, and standing by the menorah.
—Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 6 Dec. 2023
In the center of campus, the two Jewish students held their mini Israeli flags aloft and were eventually joined by a rabbi and other Jewish peers wearing kippahs.
—Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2023
Her son, Goldberg-Polin, wasn’t the only kid in class with a kippah.
—Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2023
In another, he's seen with his doting parents, sporting a little kippah.
—Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 6 Apr. 2023
Smotrich—who calls for the annexation of the West Bank and who once said that maternity wards in Israel should be segregated—attracted kippah-wearing Ashkenazi businessmen in the suburbs and the settlements.
—Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
There were no indications of his former life—the large knitted kippah and long sidelocks that typify West Bank settlers.
—Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
Thousands of young men in knitted kippahs chanted and danced in circles, their arms wrapped around one another, their voices echoing off the stone building.
—Jordan Castro, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
The design includes multiple dogs wearing kippahs, playing dreidel, and standing by the menorah.
—Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 6 Dec. 2023
In the center of campus, the two Jewish students held their mini Israeli flags aloft and were eventually joined by a rabbi and other Jewish peers wearing kippahs.
—Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2023
Her son, Goldberg-Polin, wasn’t the only kid in class with a kippah.
—Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2023
In another, he's seen with his doting parents, sporting a little kippah.
—Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 6 Apr. 2023
Smotrich—who calls for the annexation of the West Bank and who once said that maternity wards in Israel should be segregated—attracted kippah-wearing Ashkenazi businessmen in the suburbs and the settlements.
—Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
There were no indications of his former life—the large knitted kippah and long sidelocks that typify West Bank settlers.
—Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
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“Kippah.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kippah. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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