Re: tzitzis vs. kippah (not musical)

[Robert Cohen <rlcm17...>]

The truth is that wearing tzitzis could certainly be understood--it can 
perhaps *only* be understood--as a higher-order level commandment (indeed, a 
commandment as opposed to a mere custom) than wearing a kippah or covering 
one's head.


>From: "Marvin" <physchem (at) earthlink(dot)net>
>Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
>To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Subject: Re: john zorn's camo pants?
>Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 12:29:57 -0400
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Ari Davidow <ari (at) ivritype(dot)com>
>To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 9:26 AM
>Subject: Re: john zorn's camo pants?
The >couple of times I've seen him, tzitzis have been stylishly arranged to 
hang
>out, as well. I'm not unsympathetic to the idea of important ritual items
>used for artistic effect, but it is sometimes unsettling. (I presume style
>vs. religious feeling because I don't recall him wearing either kippah, or
>other head covering.)
> >
> > ari
>
>Perhaps it isn't style.  We have a friend in London who doesn't wear a
>kippah and does wear tzitzis, but not showing.  We only know that he wears
>tzitzis because, when he's been in New York, we've taken him shopping to 
>buy
>summer-weight tzitzis that he can't find in London.  It isn't a matter of
>style with him, so I have to accept that is a reflection of his religious
>sensibility.
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