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See Numbers 15:38. The garment with the tassels on the corners is the tallit; this is not a matter of oral tradition, this is a "mitzvah," a non-negotiable holy command. We know that Christ wore a tallit because of the occasion where a woman touch it in order to be healed as He walked through the crowd, and He felt the power leave Him. (Luke 8:44, the word translated as "fringe" or "edge" is actually "tassel.") If this was a piece of the old Law that was done away with, I think it would have been given more and direct attention by the apostles, as with other Jewish customs (unclean meat, circumcision, etc.).



Numbers 15:38 does not command that the head be covered in prayer.

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It is permissible to still be Jewish and practice Jewish customs and still worship the Jewish Messiah, who was Himself Jewish and practiced Jewish customs. Christianity is first and foremost a Jewish religion, a completion of Jewish prophecy, into which Gentiles are welcome to come as well.



Where Jewish customs conflict with God's Word, they must be abandoned, as I'm sure you'll agree. Now we must turn to the Bible.

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On what basis do you find it to be "quite clear that this practice of men not covering their heads and women covering their heads in the assembly was the universal practice in all the churches." Is it mentioned in any other letter except this one to the church in Corinth?



Paul writes very clearly, "But if one is inclined to be contentious, we have no other practice, nor have the churches of God" (I Cor. 11:16). Surely this reference includes the church in Jerusalem! The practice may not be mentioned elsewhere, but it's likely it needn't have been; the other churches evidently followed this practice.


Kyle

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified.