Where did you buy your Shabbos hat?

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  • June 22, 2015 4:31 am at 4:31 am #615884
    Excellence
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    I want to buy a hat for Shabbos. Not a streimel per se, but an orthodox hat. I live in Sydney, Australia. Chabad have their style, I’ve seen different types in an Ashkenazi haredi shule down the road.

    Are their actual Jewish hat shops or you can buy from anywhere?

    Are they waterproof? What if it rains on them?

    June 22, 2015 1:13 pm at 1:13 pm #1090397
    DaMoshe
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    I got mine on Amazon.com and yes, it is waterproof. It better be, because I bought it specifically for when it rains. My Shabbos rain coat doesn’t have a hood, so I got the rain hat to wear with it.

    June 23, 2015 2:09 am at 2:09 am #1090398
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    Being in Sydney around the winter solstice you Excelelnce don’t require a straw hat for a while.

    June 23, 2015 11:46 am at 11:46 am #1090399
    Excellence
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    It would be for Shabbos honour. Not straw, no. I’ve been looking at pics last day. Fedora hats, they’re called?

    Would it be better to buy from a Jewish store rather than any shop? Are the staff who make them Jewish? What if they were thinking of dogs or baking cakes or something lewd — would that impart to the hat wearer?

    The Baal Shem Tov was once consulted by a community whose Sefer Torah kept becoming posul. He said the sofer was thinking of his dogs as he wrote it and would never stay kosher. Something like that.

    June 23, 2015 1:43 pm at 1:43 pm #1090400
    DaMoshe
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    Excellence: You should definitely be careful to only buy from a certified hat store. Look for one that has a hechsher in the window. Don’t be fooled! Many will tell you that hats don’t require a hechsher. Don’t listen to them!!! I don’t know about hechsherim in Sydney, so I can’t be of any help to you in recommending a store.

    June 24, 2015 4:27 am at 4:27 am #1090401
    Excellence
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    To ensure no shatnez?

    June 24, 2015 4:42 am at 4:42 am #1090402
    🍫Syag Lchochma
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    Mine’s a tichel. I bought it at the tichel store.

    June 24, 2015 7:24 am at 7:24 am #1090403
    takahmamash
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    You should definitely be careful to only buy from a certified hat store. Look for one that has a hechsher in the window.

    Not just any hechsher, either – you need to find a Badatz hechsher.

    June 24, 2015 12:06 pm at 12:06 pm #1090404
    akivachaim
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    Bought my hat from a store called Bencraft in Brooklyn, NY. They might ship internationally. You should contact them.

    I think they are waterproof, but I have a jacket with a hood that can cover the hat if it rains/snows.

    June 24, 2015 1:55 pm at 1:55 pm #1090405
    Avram in MD
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    I only trust the hats that my wife makes.

    June 24, 2015 2:10 pm at 2:10 pm #1090406
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    Avram, I hope the ingredients are all under Badatz (or at least blessed by a Rabbit).

    June 24, 2015 4:29 pm at 4:29 pm #1090407
    MDG
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    Also, you need to tovel it before using it 🙂

    Seriously, I got mine at Kova in Boro Park.

    Although, if you are going to order online, you should know your hat size and shape (rounder or long oval).

    Also realize that some hats have a higher crown part than others. Depending on your face, some might look better than others.

    June 24, 2015 5:01 pm at 5:01 pm #1090408
    Joseph
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    Which non-Jewish hat stores sell the type of Borsalinos that the yeshivish world wears?

    June 24, 2015 5:03 pm at 5:03 pm #1090409
    Avram in MD
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    DaasYochid,

    We grow our own rabbits.

    June 24, 2015 9:24 pm at 9:24 pm #1090410
    Pro-vaxxer
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    Typically any black hat you buy from a jewish hat store is made out fur felt (rabbit fur) and there are no shatnez problems.

    And there is a store called hat box they have many locations and they ship world wide and none of their hats have a shatnez problem.

    June 24, 2015 9:48 pm at 9:48 pm #1090411
    nfgo3
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    Bergdorf Goodman. Pricey but very high quality.

    July 5, 2015 1:01 am at 1:01 am #1090412
    Excellence
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    So hats need a hechsher to be better?

    I like the one the Brisker Rav wore…

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