The Philippi Collection: Jewish Headgear

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September 14, 2013

Head Coverings of the Jewish Feldrabbiner during World War I

In the past I wrote some articles about head coverings worn by religious dignitaries during their service in the army:

Portuguese Chaplain with Peaked Cap

Chaplains of the Federal Armed Forces

United States Air Force Airman Battle Uniform (ABU) Christian Chaplain's Caps

Képi and Helmet Worn by Priests during the War

A new book about Jewish army rabanim was published in 2013:

Hank, Sabine; Simon, Hermann; Hank, Uwe:

Feldrabbiner in den deutschen Streitkräften des Ersten Weltkrieges

Hentrich & Hentrich Publisher, Berlin 2013, 623 pages

ISBN 978-3-938485-76-7

The book is a very large end exhaustive elaboration about Jewish rabanim during World war I.

"Feldrabbiner" translated is rabanim working on the battlefields.

"Armeerabbiner" translated is rabanim working for the army.

I can highly recommend to purchase this wonderful book for your private library.

On the front of their peaked cap two cocades and a Star of David (between these 2 cocades) were fixed.

Leopold Rosenak is wearing a Südwester hat.

Description of the uniform of the Feldrabbiner

August 26, 2013

Jewish Cantor's hat

During August I made some holiday in Merano, South Tyrol, Italy.

In the Jewish Museum I saw three cantor hats on display.

August 23, 2013

Cantor's Hat worn in Spain

In the past, I published several articles about the Jewish cantor's hat.

Here a model Jewish cantor's used in Spain in former times.

April 26, 2013

The Whole Truth

... everything you always wanted to know about Jews

An exhibition of the Jewish Museum Berlin from 22nd March until 1st September 2013.

I visited the exhibition on Monday, 22th April 2013. It is really worth to see it. Very well done and very instructive.

Some impressions about Jewish head coverings:

The "hat section"

The headlines

Special kippa with the name of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov

Same style with pompom like here:

Knited White Kippa (כִּיפָּה) Worn by Breslov Kids

I can highly recommend to you the article:

The Top Hat that decended from Heaven, and other Musings on Jewish Head Attire

by Michal Friedlander, too.

April 20, 2013

The Chortkov Shtreimel (שטריימל)

(c)Wikimedia

Dovid Moshe Friedman
(1827-1903)
1st Rebbe of Chortkov

A shtreimel with a very high and pointy crown.

For further details, refer as well to my post:

The Shtreimel - שטריימל

March 24, 2013

History of the Jewish Shtreimel - שטריימל

The shtreimel is the Jewish hat with the most mysterious story behind it. Today considered as a holy hat which emphasizes the divine in the head of his wearer, the legend has it, that it is the biggest sign of humiliation ever imposed on the Jews of Europe.

It started during the Fourth Council of the Lateran under Pope Inocent III. when in Canon 68 was proclaimed:

Jews and Saracens of both sexes in every Christian province must be distinguished from the Christian by a difference of dress. On Passion Sunday and the last three days of Holy Week they may not appear in public.

In consequence Jews had to wear a special headgear as well.

In the Netherlands and other European countries the outcasts were forced to wear a fur tail (fox tail) on their back.

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Cripples

In this context Jews wrapped fur tails around their hats.

A further story I read was that in Russia Jews wrapped fur tails around their kippot that they remain unrecognized in the public and couldn't be identified as Jews.

Another hat which humiliates the Jewish people was the Jewish Hat.