English

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

Noun

kolpik

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 a 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 1578190592, page 42