7 Things You Didn’t Know About the Amish

Amish lifestyle is regulated by the Ordnung, a German word that means "order." It consists of community-specific rules that apply the biblical principle of separation from the world to daily life to issues such as dress code and technology use. Amish men have beards because Jesus and other biblical characters had them. They do not wear mustaches, however, because at one time this style was associated with the military and the Amish are pacifists. Amish dolls for children usually have no faces to emphasize the idea that all are alike in the eyes of God.