Samaritans

Feb 2023 -  5th floor of The Bible Museum in Washington DC - there was an exhibit on "Samaritans", unique head dress

And I realized that I had seen a "Samaritan" Priest's head dress before... 

Simple Google Image search for "Ultra Orthodox Jews"...

A Kolpik (brown), Spodik (black) or shtreimel "hats" (Yiddish: שטרײַמל shtrayml, plural: שטרײַמלעך shtraymlekh or שטרײַמלען shtraymlen) is a fur hat worn by some Ashkenazi Jewish men. The shtreimel, are shorter in height, wider, and disc-shaped, while kolpiks are taller, thinner in bulk, and of cylindrical shape. Such headgear is worn on special occasions (such as Shabbat), in the synagogue, or by office-holders such as rabbis (the shtreimel is always worn over a yarmulke) - Shtreimel Bimkom Tefillin - the shtreimel takes the place of tefillin." Since wearing special clothing on Shabbat is a form of sanctification, among the Hasidim of Galicia and Hungary the shtreimel is associated with the holiness of Shabbat, a crown such as that worn by royalty, which enhances and beautifies Shabbat. The days that rebbes don a kolpik include:

• Rosh Chodesh Meal

• Hanukah[2]

• Tu BiShvat Meal

• Isru Chag Meal

• Tu B'Av (most do not, but some do)

• Meal served to the poor a few days before a child's wedding

• Yartzeit Meal

Any Questions?