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Hasidic men in Borough Park, Brooklyn. The man on the left is wearing a shtreimel and a tallit , and the other man traditional Hasidic garb : long suit, black hat, and gartel . Jewish religious clothing is apparel worn by Jews in connection with the practice of the Jewish religion .
Shtreimel on a mannequin. A shtreimel (Yiddish: שטרײַמל shtrayml, plural: שטרײַמלעך shtraymlekh or שטרײַמלען shtraymlen) is a fur hat worn by some Ashkenazi Jewish men, mainly members of Hasidic Judaism, on Shabbat and Jewish holidays and other festive occasions. [1]
Hasidic men customarily wear black hats during the weekdays, as do nearly all Haredi men today. A variety of hats are worn depending on the group: Chabad men often pinch their hats to form a triangle on the top, Satmar men wear an open-crown hat with rounded edges, and Samet (velvet) or biber ( beaver ) hats are worn by many Galician and ...
In the Bible, tefillin are referred to as טֹוטָפֹת ṭoṭaphoth, the plural of טוֹטֶפֶת ṭoṭepheth, meaning "headband, frontlet". Jeffrey H. Tigay argued that the word טוֹטֶפֶת ṭoṭepheth originally meant "headband", as ornamental bands encircling the head were common among Levantine populations in the biblical ...
Three styles of hair covering common among married Orthodox Jewish women. From left to right: snood, fall, and hat. According to halacha (Jewish religious law), married Jewish women are expected to cover their hair when in the presence of men other than their husband or close family members. Such covering is common practice among Orthodox ...
Payot are worn by some men and boys in the Orthodox Jewish community based on an interpretation of the Tanakh's injunction against shaving the "sides" of one's head. Literally, pe'a means "corner, side, edge". There are different styles of payot among Haredi or Hasidic, Yemenite, and Chardal Jews.
Other communities wear hats similar to the fez or the more common Bucharian styled kippah. Rekel coats are worn by Hasidic lay men during weekdays, and by some on the Sabbath. Some Ashkenazi Jewish men wear a frock coat during prayer and other specific occasions. It is commonly worn by Hasidic rabbis and Jewish religious leaders in public.
Tekhelet (תכלת) is a color dye which the Hebrew Bible commands the Jews to use for one, two, or four of the eight half-strings hanging down (as interpreted in Rabbinic Judaism), or a number of cords ranging from one up to the same number of threads as the non-tekhelet threads (according to opinions in Karaite Judaism).