kolpik

English

Etymology

From Turkish kalpak. Doublet of calpack.

Noun

kolpik (plural kolpiks)

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

See also

  • kolpak

References

  • Israel, Yosef Rescuing the Rebbe of Belz: Belzer Chassidus, Mesorah Publications: 2005, →ISBN, page 42 [1]
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