The basic concept is a hat that is lined with fur or shearling and has flaps that come down over your ears to keep them warm. I have a vintage sable fur version and I swear, I could wear it with a ...

Australian-born shtreimel maker Moshe Weiner holds a hand-made fur hat at his Jerusalem workshop.Credit: Gali Tibbon Others are so wide and flat that they look like a sombrero made of sable.

Israel has moved to ban the trade in fur. However, the new initiative is ... who often wear cake-shaped sable hats known as shtreimels on Shabbat and holidays, although importers will now need ...