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  • noun Alternative spelling of kippah.

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Examples

  • "'O ka Lumi Kalaunu keia, kahi e kipa ai i ka mo'i," Mr. Nogelmeier's voice says on the audio tour.

    How to Pronounce Lili'uokalani? Ask Marvin Nogelmeier 2010

  • I want to crawl into bed and pull the covers over my kipa and glasses, not enough energy to remove them, but noses need to be wiped, vomit cleaned up, temperatures taken, diapers changed, Diet Cokes fetched.

    Down with the flu 2009

  • I want to crawl into bed and pull the covers over my kipa and glasses, not enough energy to remove them, but noses need to be wiped, vomit cleaned up, temperatures taken, diapers changed, Diet Cokes fetched.

    Archive 2009-02-01 2009

  • Religious freedom is supposed to mean a jew can wear the kipa in public and not be subject to harassment or worse.

    The dangers of religious devotion. CC 2009

  • I keep kosher, I guard the Sabbath, I wear kipa and tsitsit, because I believe in God.

    Reply to my critics 2009

  • I first saw a tallit katan or met someone who wore a kipa all the time at Kutz camp, in 1974.

    YOUR HEAD A SPLODE | Jewschool 2007

  • Entering his fourth year of rabbinical school at HUC-JIR in the Village, he always wears a kipa and tzitzit, keeps kosher and doesn’t ride or use money on Shabbat.

    YOUR HEAD A SPLODE | Jewschool 2007

  • Israelis who established the twenty-one Jordan Valley settlements, for example, were primarily not “kipa-wearing” religious settlers, but secular men and women who founded kibbutzim and moshavim for security motives.

    Sounds Like Gaza, In Reverse… | Jewschool 2004

  • Israelis who established the twenty-one Jordan Valley settlements, for example, were primarily not “kipa-wearing” religious settlers, but secular men and women who founded kibbutzim and moshavim for security motives.

    Gonzo Jewish journalism: The final chapter | Jewschool 2004

  • I ua Makaula nei e kaapuni ana ma na wahi a pau ana i kipa aku ai, ua kauoha mua aku ka Makaula, i na e loaa kana mea e imi nei, alaila, e huli aku ia ia ma kahi e loaa ai.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

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