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Shtreimel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Most of the Hasidic groups favor the shtreimel(a wide fur hat) for the latter occasions. The Gerer Hasidim wear the spodek (a higher fur hat) instead. The Lubavitch Hasidim wear neither (see below).
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The "Shtreimel" is what all married Hasidic men wear on Shabbas. Made out of genuine fur, it is the the most expensive Hasidic item around, ranging in price from $2000 to $4500. It is usually the bride's father who purchases the Shtreimel for the groom upon his wedding.
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). The shtreimel comprises a large circular piece of velvet surrounded by fur. The shtreimel is generally worn only after marriage, except in many Yerushalmi communities, where boys wear it from their bar mitzvah.
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This is very similar to saying that Jews can learn from Poles to wear the shtreimel but not from Americans to wear jeans. It is a curious defense of Zionism because Zionism transformed the meaning of traditional phrases wholesale in order to return us to the realm of political power and responsibility.
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The shtreimel is worn by married men, particularly those affiliated with Hassidic communities, on holidays and the Sabbath. It is made of a circular velvet center surrounded by fur ... You are here: Home / Top News / Oy vay, my shtreimel!
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But the shtreimel is not to be confused with spodiks or kolpiks, other varieties of hairy chapeaux reserved for more revered rabbinical sages. Once symbols of persecution, they were first imposed by 18th-century Polish kings who decreed that Jews must wear the tail of an animal on the Sabbath to show they were not working.
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