bareheaded, baring of head, with uncovered head

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bareheaded, baring of head, with uncovered head

bareheaded, baring of head, with uncovered head

With uncovered head, without a head covering. Without a kippah or hat.

("And one should not stand in prayer in his apron, nor with uncovered head, nor with uncovered feet" – Maimonides/Mishneh Torah, Book of Love, Laws of Prayer and Priestly Blessing, Chapter Five, 5:187; also: "As if he consulted his own mind, and decided: whatever happens, he will not go bareheaded, and he returns to his yarmulke, lifts it and covers his head, and turns and walks" – I.L. Peretz/Three Gifts; also: "The heretics, the odd scholars of our days...who study forbidden books bareheaded. They said: Soon the Torah will be forgotten from Israel" – Mendele Mocher Sforim/Journeys of Benjamin III 12, 89; also: "On the railing of one of the roofs stood several Karaite women, their hair uncovered and their appearance like that of Christian women" – Y. Burla/Yearnings, 176; also: "Bareheaded the angel walks/ At the end of the avenue. Among the gold of her charms/ Shines a green and moist bench./ A youthful autumn avenue!" – Leah Goldberg/To One of the Cities, III)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בְּגִלּוּי רֹאשׁ, גִּלּוּי רֹאשׁ, בְּרֹאשׁ מְגוּלֶּה

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּרֹאשׁ גָּלוּי לְלֹא כִּסּוּי רֹאשׁ. לְלֹא כִּפָּה אוֹ כּוֹבַע.

("וְלֹא יַעֲמוֹד לִתְפִלָּה בְּאֵפוֹדָתוֹ וְלֹא בְּרֹאשׁ מְגוּלֶּה, וְלֹא בְּרַגְלַיִם מְגוּלוֹת" – הַרַמְבַּ"ם/ סֵפֶר אַהֲבָה, הֲלָכוֹת תְּפִלָּה וּבִרְכַּת כֹּהֲנִים, פֶּרֶק חֲמִשִּׁי, ה, 187, וְכֵן: "כְּאִלּוּ נִמְלַךְ בְּדַעְתּוֹ, וְהֶחְלִיט: יְהִי מַה וְלֹא יֵלֵךְ בִּגְלּוּי הָרֹאשׁ, וְהוּא שָׁב ..אֶל הַיַּארְמוּלְקֶ'ה, מֵרִים אוֹתָהּ וּמְכַסֶּה אֶת רֹאשׁוֹ וּפוֹנֶה וְהוֹלֵךְ" – י.ל. פֶּרֶץ/ שָׁלוֹשׁ מַתָּנוֹת,מ, וְכֵן: "הָאֲפִיקוֹרְסִים, הַמְּלוּמָדִים הַמְּשֻׁנִּים שֶׁבִּימֵינוּ...שֶׁלוֹמְדִים שָׁם סְפָרִים פְּסוּלִים גִּלוּיֵי רֹאשׁ. אָמְרוּ: עֲתִידָה תּוֹרָה בְּקָרוֹב שֶׁתִּשְׁתַּכַּח מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל" – מֶנְדֶלֶה מו"ס/ מַסְעוֹת בִּנְיָמִין הַשְּׁלִישִׁי י"ב, פ"ט, וְכֵן: "עַל מַעֲקֶה אֶחָד הַגַּגּוֹת, עָמְדוּ נִשְׁעָנוֹת כַּמָּה נָשִׁים קָרָאִיוֹת, שֶׁשְּׂעָרוֹת רֹאשָׁן גָּלוּי וּדְמוּתָן כְּמַרְאֵה נְשֵׁי הַנּוֹצְרִים" – י. בּוּרְלָא/ כִּסּוּפִים, 176, וְכֵן: "גָּלוּי רֹאשׁ פּוֹסֵעַ הַמַּלְאָךְ/ בִּקְצֵה שַׁדְרָה. בֵּין זָהָב קְסָמֶיהָ/ מַבְהִיק סַפְסָל יָרוֹק וְלַח./ שַׁדְרַת אָסִיף בַּעֲלוּמֶיהָ!" – לֵאָה גּוֹלְדְבֶּרְג/ לְאַחַת הֶעָרִים, ג')

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