Kolpik

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The third Belzer Rebbe, Yissachar Dov Rokeach (I) wearing a "kolpik"
The third Belzer Rebbe, Yissachar Dov Rokeach (I) wearing a "kolpik"

A kolpik is a type of traditional headgear worn in families of many Chassidic Rebbes (Hasidic rabbis), by unmarried children on Shabbat, and by Rebbes on special occasions. It is made from brown fur, as opposed to a spodik, worn by Polish chassidic dynasties, which is fashioned out of black fur.

The word originated from a Turkic word for this kind of hats, qalpaq.

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