What is the proper name of the Jewish hat Haredis wear?
To answer the black hats, they wear have different names, it is all explained very well in this article http://www.wernercohn.com/hats.html The braids are called Payot(uncut curled sidelocks)The source is from Leviticus 19:27 and all orthodox Jews have them. The only ones that curl them are most Chassidim The forbidding of shaving the corners of the head was interpreted by the Mishnah as prohibiting the hair at the temples being cut so that the hairline was a straight line from behind the ears to the forehead; the corners – payot – were defined as the hair from around and above the ears, to the same level as the nose. The Mishnah interpreted the regulation to only apply to males; in response to the Mishnaic definition and the biblical proscription, traditionally Jewish men allow their hair to grow, and hang down in curls or ringlets. These ringlets are worn in sometimes distinctive ways depending upon the particular branc
