Shtreimel

Quick meaning: Shtreimel is a noun meaning (Judaism) A fur hat, usually worn by some married Haredi Jewish men on Shabbat and during Jewish holidays and other festive occasions.

Meaning

(Judaism) A fur hat, usually worn by some married Haredi Jewish men on Shabbat and during Jewish holidays and other festive occasions.

Example Sentences

My idea of a walk, influenced by Kazin and honed over these last nine years that I’ve lived in New York, involves a freewheeling thoughtfulness powered by the legs but fed by observation, a physical and mental stream of consciousness nudged this way and that by an infinite number of human variables: an old man doing his esoteric exercises, a lone glove dropped in the middle of a snowy sidewalk, an Orthodox Jew in a shtreimel.

Word Forms

• shtreimels
• shtreimlech

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include streimel, sheitel, shpitzel, spodik, shtiebel, tichel.

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