#mitpachat

[newestcool]

Karolina Pavlovskaya Portrait May 2020 Photographer Elizaveta Porodina IG

[askjumblr]

Hey, so I was hoping to get some opinions about wearing both a kippah and tichel interchangeably as a genderqueer jew. I see myself mostly as a man, and usually I wear a kippah, but sometimes I see myself more as a woman and it feels more appropriate to me to wear a tichel. It feels like connecting to the feminine parts of myself while still having the kind of reminder of G-d's presence and of heaven around me. I know traditionally that tichels have mostly been worn by married orthodox women, but I've seen a big influx of younger, unmarried non-orthodox jewish women sort of reclaiming the practice. I don't look like a woman (have a full beard etc) so I'm not particularly worried about the social assumptions that I'm a married jewish woman, but I am worried that people might think that I'm somehow making a mockery of the practice, which is certainly not what I want to do.

I'd love some religious and queer jews to chime in specifically, but open to other FOR too

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[thejewitches]

Meet the Alma 🌿

Alma meaning soul in Ladino ✨

[rivkahelisheva]

headcovering thoughts

i’ve begun wearing tichel sort of often (just ordered a new red and gold one from wrapunzel). i feel comfortable, protected, most importantly jewish -- and i wonder if any of my converso ancestors did and/or felt the same at any point, even if in private or during worship away from the eyes of spain and portugal. i know a lot of them managed to escape the inquisition and live more freely, while others didn’t make it. i think often of the women in those numbers, and wondered the ways they held onto their judaism when persecution faced them. 

[indiehorrorgame]

i cant stop thinking about the hijabi spiderwoman in atsv

[greenflower21]

I would love to see religious Jews in Star Trek. I would love to see a bridge officer commanding while wearing a long skirt and a mitpachat. I would love to see another bridge officer wearing tzitzit under his uniform and a kippah. I would love to see him wrap tefilin before going to his post. I would love to hear someone offhand mention how those officers both can’t operate their replicators on Saturdays. I would love to see them search for the chabad house on every planet or starbase they visit. I would love to see them say Kaddish for fallen comrades. I would love to see them davening on the Holodeck (except for shabbos). I would love hearing them sing “Gesher Tzar Me’od” while their crew mates look on joyfully confused.

I would love to see at least a few of those things some day

[magnetothemagnificent]

If you're not a queer Jew, patience is a virtue :)

[knight-of-skyloft]

The next person in the Stormlight fandom who describes Shallan not covering her safehand as "empowering" or "modern" or "normal" is getting strangled to death with my mitpachat

[newestcool]

Bree Runway for Dazed June 2022 Photographer Campbell Addy Fashion Editor/Stylist Patti Wilson Makeup Artist Marcelo Gutierrez Hair Stylist Evanie Frausto IG

[spacelazarwolf]

This is my cat, Tacoma (or Taco for short) she is a very long lass and likes to eat my mitpachat as I'm trying to tie it. She's very warm and cuddly and likes to hold your hand as you sleep

her lil ear whiskers 😭

[thejewitches]

Long time follower! When I was on IG, I was engaging with your content daily! Now I'm here and I'm shy hence the anon. I know you're queued/scheduled. I'm patient.

So I was raised extremely Ortho. I haven't worn a tichel ever but I was raised to expect to once I got married. Now I'm thinking of doing it, but on my terms, like high holidays and Shabbat.

I'm hesitating because I'm worried I might not have been taught all the rules of tichels. You are more learned than I and I'm wondering what the rules of tichel are that we aren't explicitly taught?

Honored to have you here!

The reality is that tichels come with communal rules, just like tzniut (tznius) does. What is accepted by one community may not be accepted by another community. For example: one person may be Orthodox and be okay with showing their elbows while another person may absolutely never do so. One may always wear stockings or tights in order to fall into their understanding of tznius, while another community might be totally fine with just wearing socks, as long as the skirt is long enough.

For an example explicitly about tichels: Some Jewish communities find it undesirable to wear a tichel in front of company, choosing instead to wear a sheitel (wig), or a wig + a hat/snood/head covering when in front of non-family.

So: how you wear it, when you wear it, and even why you wear it is entirely up to you.

For a more detailed discussion, we actually a blog post detailing this very thing!

[rivkahelisheva]

beit din questions

hi jumblr! as the title suggests, my conversion is wrapping up, and my (reform) beit din/mikvah is in fewer than two weeks - what do i wear? i’m thinking blouse, skirt, mitpachat, and wearing my magen david after the mikvah (putting it on for the first time!!!)

how were y’all’s beit din meetings?

[lunar-roses-blog]

Veiling Part 3:

Judaism & Veiling:

There are a number of head coverings that are used by Jews, but the most commonly used ones are known as the kippah (Hebrew) or yarmulke (Yiddish) and the mitpachat (Hebrew) or tichel (Yiddish). The kippah is worn by men, and the mitpachat worn by women. It’s important to know that there is a distinction between Jewish tradition and Jewish law or Halakhah (Hebrew for “the way”). It is a highly debated topic of the extent of which the kippah should be worn - Some believe you should wear it at all times, while others believe it should be worn strictly during times of prayer. Wearing the kippah is still important however, regardless of any debate because it is not only seen as devotion to the Halakhah, but also serves as recognition of humans' place in the world of HaShem. (note here: HaShem is God. Jews do not use his name, so often you will see HaShem or G-D. Very seldom do you ever see Jews refer to him as God.) Throughout history, we see women taking up the veil as a sign of modesty, but in Judaism, the definition of modesty is different than most would think. One of these cases is that women are more inherently spiritual than men and therefore are exempt from many prayer specific laws. Jewish women are not required to wear a veil until after they marry, even though many choose to anyway. When it should be worn is slightly debated as well - in most cases, her husband, son, grand-son, father, grand-father, or brother, although a small portion hold the opinion that is ok to have the head uncovered at home in the presence of unrelated men; however it is always worn in public. The wearing of the veil creates this physical barrier between the person and the person’s surroundings, a physical and psychological barrier, which relies heavily on the wearers consent to be let into their space. In order to see one without their head covered, you need clear, explicit permission to do so.

The Sheitel:

One of the other ways that Jews veil is by wearing a sheitel, which is the Yiddish word for wig or half wig. In order to conform with Jewish law (the Halakhah), married women have begun wearing wigs as not only a reminder to others, but a reminder to themselves that they are married, as well as being able to obtain the level of modesty required. Today, most wigs used by Jewish women come with a hecher, which is kosher certification, so that people know that the hair used in these wigs do not originate from any rituals deemed idolatrous. Over the years, controversy has sparked all over the world when it comes to wearing a sheitel. One of the big players in wig making comes from the hair donated in India. Sometimes, the hair that is donated to temples as a form of worship to Hindu deities gets sold and processed into wigs. Many argued that wearing any wigs with this hair present in it was idolatrous due to the association with the Hindu deities.

https://www.jewitches.com/post/witches-and-veiling-jewish-headcoverings

(This link was given to me by a friend, but the article is no longer there… I do recommend still checking out this website though, cause it’s really cool!)

[salt-volk]

To the observant Jewish anon: I’m not observant but I’m trying to connect with my Jewishness more via head clothing, and instead of wishing for a kippa/yarmulke, you could probably wish for a variant of headscarf, which might be more likely because headscarves are a common cultural thing, and not directly seen as religious? We have sudras and tichels/mitpachat, and like wrap styles differ depending on the culture the head scarf is from but it would be something

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[thegayestcat]

I love Jewish Abbacchio soooo much you don't understand but transfem Abba would she wear a tichel/mitpachat? I feel like she might wear a bandana one to show off her hair still but still cover the top of her head for a reminder of HaShem. She didn't grow her hair out for nothing okay it took work 😤