I am a reform jewish female who always wears a Tallit for prayer at the synagogue and sometimes also at home when I pray in the morning. However I could never get myself to wear a kippa. For me it is a totally male thing. The mitzvah of Tzitzit applies to everybody but the kippa developed as a male coustom. If women feel the need to cover their head to be reminded of G-ds presence, there should be more female ways to do so, there are some beautiful crochet kippot for example which don't look like the ones men wear. For myself I decided to wait to wear one untill I get married, than it like a mixture of wearing a Kippa and covering because I am married.

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