The hats, known as shtreimel or spodik, could still be worn under a proposed bill to ban fur in Israel, but the ultra-Orthodox community fears the legislation poses a threat to its religious identity. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Indeed, the Wikipedia entry for "shtreimel" advises that synthetic fur is a common choice in Israel. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Yirmiyahu and shtreimel: If a woman decides to start laying tefillin every day, does that make her “more observant” or “less observant”? ❋ Unknown (2007)
Mas · April 19th, 2007 at 2:33 pm shtreimel, what does Zionism have to do with the Torah? ❋ Unknown (2007)
Though I would take a shtreimel with fake fur, of course. ❋ Unknown (2006)
Point taken shtreimel but this story is about public officials being given expensive junkets from lobbyists when in theory they are not allowed to take gifts of more than $75 in value ❋ Unknown (2006)
(He also, at the director's urging, reluctantly made his own film debut, donning a shtreimel and tallit to play a rabbi at a Passover seder.) ❋ Unknown (2010)
The ultra-orthodox parties oppose a ban because it would affect the wearing of the shtreimel, a fur-ringed hat traditionally worn by married ultra-orthodox men on the Sabbath and Jewish holidays. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Gutzman says the shtreimel was worn in the Jewish ghettos of Poland, where it was known as a spodik. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The signature headdress of many Haredi Jewish men is called the shtreimel. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The call to end the production of such headgear is reminiscent of the drive to ban the Queen's Guards 'bearskin helmets - although in the case of the shtreimel, religious considerations are proving a far harder obstacle to traverse. ❋ Seth Freedman (2010)
Since the shtreimel market accounts for 90% of the Israeli fur trade, MK Chaim Amsellem asserts "there's no logic in legislating a bill that doesn't do what it's supposed to". ❋ Seth Freedman (2010)
But when it comes to items of ceremonial clothing, whether the shtreimel or the bearskin, there is far less weight behind the call for ethics to be superseded by tradition, especially in an age when synthetic fabrics are available as viable fur replacements. ❋ Seth Freedman (2010)
After hearing the offer, he went out and bought the nicest carriage, the nicest clothes for his children, a new shtreimel for himself, and jewels for his wife - because he knew that the more you spend, the more you get back. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Some even freaked me out, like the Chassidic-looking guy in a shtreimel (fur hat) and black satin overcoat. ❋ Unknown (2009)
