One sees a lot of head coverings while in Jerusalem. Kippot, tall black hats, white skullcaps, baseball caps, but the shtreimel were definitely the most interesting. I had to look on Wikipedia to find out exactly who might wear such a fur crown - despite 90 degree weather. Married men of certain ultra Orthodox groups from Galicia, Romania and Hungary get the privilege of the hat on Shabbat and other important holidays. I see them in their fur hats, long black coats, starchy white shirts, prayer garments underneath, long black or white stockings and leather shoes and I wonder how they don't die of heat exhaustion.
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