At the first glimps is not so easy to distinguish the kolpik from the spodik.
The two hats look very similar.
Sometimes the Polish Hassidim such as Ger, Amshinov, Ozharov, Aleksander call their spodik shtreimel.
The kolpik - it is made by an entire piece of sable fur. It is a very expensicve hat and only a few craftsmen still can make it.
It is a tall, light brown hat and the fur feels soft. The kolpik is worn in families of some Chassidic Rebbes, by unmarried children (but only after their bar mitzvah) on every Shabbat, holidays, family weddings etc., and by some Rebbes on special occasions.It is worn by Galica and Hungarian rabbis and as well by Bobov, Belz, Munkacz, Vizhnitz and many sons and grandchildren of those rabbis like Satmar, Spinka, ...
The spodik is made out of fur or the tails of the Fisher. A spodik made out of fur is cheaper than out of tails. Its colour varies from very dark brown to black.
The Kolpik (קאלפיק)
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Rabbi Moshe Leib Rabinovich wearimg a kolpik
wearing a kolpik
wearing a kolpik
The rabbi in the center is the Belze rebbeYissachar Dov Rokeach (II), the one on the right (his left) is his son Aharon Mordche, the one on the left is his other son wearing a kolpik.
Many grandchildren of rabbi's wear a kolpik from the bar mitzvah till the wedding.
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Belze rebbe Yissachar Dov Rokeach (II) ( ישכר דב רוקח)wearing a kolpik
Many grandchildren of rabbi's wear a kolpik from the bar mitzvah till the wedding.
© picture: Chabad - Lubavitch Exhibition
Spodik of Agudas Chassidei Chabad Ohel Yosef Yitzchak Lubavitch
On their internet site they say it's a Spodik but in my opinion it is a kolpik (with a pointy kippah/yarmulke on top?)
The Spodik (ספודיק)
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Rabbi Simcha Ashlag putting ash on a groom's (maybe his son or grandson) head.
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© picture: Shtreihman Shtraimels
Spodik made of very dark brown fur
Belze rebbe Yissachar Dov Rokeach (II) ( ישכר דב רוקח) wearing a Spodik
made out of very dark (nealry black) fur
made out of very dark (nealry black) fur
Rabbi Simcha Ashlag putting ash on a groom's (maybe his son or grandson) head.
Ger wearing a Spodik
