{"id":10662,"date":"2026-04-27T15:28:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T15:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solomincollection.co.il\/product\/military-rabbis-epaulette\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T15:40:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T15:40:05","slug":"military-rabbis-epaulette","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/solomincollection.co.il\/en\/product\/military-rabbis-epaulette\/","title":{"rendered":"Military rabbi&#8217;s epaulette"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>This epaulette is part of the unique representation rank system of the Military Rabbinate, and is used by military rabbis serving as officers in the regular and reserve forces.<\/li>\n<li>Below are additional details about the history and use of the epaulette:<\/li>\n<li>military rabbis wore regular officer ranks (on a green\/olive or khaki background). The decision to switch to blue epaulettes with the inscription &#8220;Military Rabbi&#8221; was intended to distinguish the rabbis as spiritual and halachic authority in the unit, similar to what is customary in many armies around the world.<\/li>\n<li>Structure of the epaulette: The epaulette consists of a dark blue background on which the title &#8220;Military Rabbi&#8221; is embroidered in white. Above the inscription, the rabbi&#8217;s officer ranks appear (chests or falafels).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2022 Representative ranks: In certain cases, rabbis serving in the reserves or in certain positions receive the epaulette as a &#8220;representative rank&#8221; according to their position, even if they did not go through the regular officer course, and this after completing a military rabbinical course.\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2022 Current use: As you mentioned, the epaulette is still in full use today in all IDF units.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10655,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_cat":[596,375,407,408,409,410,439,598,464],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10662","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-sort-items","7":"product_cat-epaulet-shoulder-strap-shoulder-titles","8":"product_cat-security-rescue-forces","9":"product_cat-idf-3","10":"product_cat-land-forces","11":"product_cat-various-general-idf","12":"product_cat-air-force","13":"product_cat-variance-en","14":"product_cat-navy-3","16":"first","17":"instock","18":"shipping-taxable","19":"purchasable","20":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/solomincollection.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/10662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/solomincollection.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/solomincollection.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solomincollection.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10662"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/solomincollection.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/10662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10664,"href":"https:\/\/solomincollection.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/10662\/revisions\/10664"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solomincollection.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/solomincollection.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solomincollection.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=10662"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solomincollection.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=10662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}