tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756615369164034162.post7177849608781695532..comments2023-09-06T19:10:28.521+03:00Comments on Hazak Weematz: Rav Ovadia Yossef on Wigs / Sheitels (with English translation)Yehoshua Goldsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16092729031104701253noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756615369164034162.post-35628068127317941972018-10-24T02:42:50.481+03:002018-10-24T02:42:50.481+03:00Even synthetic wigs, all of them have around 3% re...Even synthetic wigs, all of them have around 3% real hair. And guess where that comes from? India.. so really no wigs are allowed .Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08048744086366193897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756615369164034162.post-61641670677794765012016-08-07T23:38:06.173+03:002016-08-07T23:38:06.173+03:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08048744086366193897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756615369164034162.post-19474684238241766562016-08-07T23:29:02.402+03:002016-08-07T23:29:02.402+03:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08048744086366193897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756615369164034162.post-21608694455143659002012-07-12T22:02:45.756+03:002012-07-12T22:02:45.756+03:00I wear a sheitel and no, my clothes are not clingy...I wear a sheitel and no, my clothes are not clingy or tight. My sheitel is not long and it is not teased and bleached and colored brightly etc....My skirts are below the knee and I cover up the neck line and my arms are coverd weel below the elbow and oh, and minhag hamakom is no pantyhose, yet I wear them and people want to know why.....so, your next judgement on my soul is????????? uh.......nu?Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338022892863788418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756615369164034162.post-5535277413368343072012-07-11T17:54:27.064+03:002012-07-11T17:54:27.064+03:001)Ladies, I hear you load and clear!
2)Ladies and ...1)Ladies, I hear you load and clear!<br />2)Ladies and Gentlemen, who of you agrees that ones hould ask a "sheilas chochom"/inquire from their local learned Rav, and follow his rulings?<br />3)All that is written in the name of HoRav Ovadia Yosef is Torat Emet - holy-of-holies...<br />I tremble when I read his rulings above.<br />Having said that, I understand that the majority of Rabbanim who permit the wearing of Sheitles do so with the sagely knowledge that:<br />"One does not impose a thing on the Tzibbur/Community where the majority are unable to abide by it".brachahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07850667486359411325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756615369164034162.post-1109189235723062282012-07-11T03:18:43.452+03:002012-07-11T03:18:43.452+03:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.mghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05245545799399040977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756615369164034162.post-79212436294539424632012-07-11T01:44:53.867+03:002012-07-11T01:44:53.867+03:00Thank you, I agree. Very well explained.Thank you, I agree. Very well explained.Yehoshua Goldsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16092729031104701253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756615369164034162.post-82954833386838309882012-07-11T01:43:19.936+03:002012-07-11T01:43:19.936+03:00This comment has been removed by the author.Yehoshua Goldsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16092729031104701253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756615369164034162.post-74099497617508617742012-07-11T01:40:27.452+03:002012-07-11T01:40:27.452+03:00I'm just translating the words of Rav Ovadia.
...I'm just translating the words of Rav Ovadia.<br />And anyways, what's the big deal, is it so hard to stop wearing wigs and tight and stretchy clothing? Is it really necessary for everyone on the street to see the shape of your body?<br />And if this is too much to handle, you might want to do some serious soul searching, because Am Yisrael and the Geula is all about kedusha!Yehoshua Goldsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16092729031104701253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756615369164034162.post-63571519817335947462012-07-11T01:37:52.223+03:002012-07-11T01:37:52.223+03:00It's not ideal for women to go out to work, th...It's not ideal for women to go out to work, that is the husbands job. It's written in the ketuba. And do you know how many inappropriate things go on in the workplace...<br />By the way, who's criticizing? i'm just translating the words of Rav Ovadia.Yehoshua Goldsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16092729031104701253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756615369164034162.post-59431784943475730032012-07-10T22:19:42.923+03:002012-07-10T22:19:42.923+03:00In the Gemora the head covering is referred to as ...In the Gemora the head covering is referred to as 'mitpachat', which is translated as cloth. What kind is up to the wearer. A woman could be very creative with these type of coverings. In Israel there are many ways to cover the hair w/o looking frumpy. The type of sheitel some Rabbis permitted is synthetic, short, and not very attractive at all. And yes, some groups like their wives to be non-descript. As in many other areas, proper personal boundaries have been loosened inordinately. It may actually be (in pure halacha and with das yehudis also) that 100% covered is not the ikkar, purpose of the cover is to denote she is married and not single.Neshamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06326762185596512130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756615369164034162.post-25039001387881407792012-07-10T17:10:41.565+03:002012-07-10T17:10:41.565+03:00Mr. Goldstein,
I am a sheitel-wearing woman. I c...Mr. Goldstein,<br /><br />I am a sheitel-wearing woman. I choose to wear one in public, because it ensures all my hair is covered unlike snoods and tichels. If you choose to bash a whole segment of Jewish women then you are displaying mamesh sinas chinam.<br /><br />BTW, I asked my rav regarding attractive wigs and this was his response: <br /><br />In brief: The Rebbe insisted on shaitels because you can not take it off at will as one can do with a kerchief. The fact that they can be attractive has no effect on the Biblical notion (chok) that a women's hair is 'ervah' and must be covered.mghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05245545799399040977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756615369164034162.post-47369227382453906342012-07-10T08:37:34.548+03:002012-07-10T08:37:34.548+03:00Wigs and tight clothing are all just as bad, the C...Wigs and tight clothing are all just as bad, the Chafetz Chaim wrote a whole book against wigs, Geder Olam read<br />http://hazakweematz.blogspot.co.il/2012/06/history-and-truth-about-sheitels-wigs.htmlYehoshua Goldsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16092729031104701253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756615369164034162.post-21195434593154301422012-07-10T05:28:46.040+03:002012-07-10T05:28:46.040+03:00Y. Goldstein....you're losing me...going ...go...Y. Goldstein....you're losing me...going ...going.....gone.<br />Be well. I wish you only the best, yet I can no longer log on here.....It's seriously turning me off......With you...no woman does anything right, unless it's your standard they follow.....Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338022892863788418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756615369164034162.post-13169626541284770382012-07-10T04:33:43.693+03:002012-07-10T04:33:43.693+03:00Are you aware that many women go out to work, and ...Are you aware that many women go out to work, and in many places [outside of Israel] wearing a snood or tichel would not be acceptable in the workplace? <br />also for many young girls, if they didn't have the option of wearing an attractive-looking wig they wouldn't cover their hair at all.<br />Everyone has an opinion, but it's not fair to blanketly criticize without taking all facts into consideration.<br />A wig is not a woman's own hair, her hair remains hidden, and therefore she is still fulfilling the mitzvah of hair covering. No-one said she has to look unappealing, she just has to hide her own hair. Please see <a href="http://shiratdevorah.blogspot.com.au/2010/11/zone-of-privacy-in-sheitel.html" rel="nofollow">A Zone of Privacy in the Sheitel</a>Devorahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00793434651294780439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756615369164034162.post-91631249554244712872012-07-10T03:46:17.733+03:002012-07-10T03:46:17.733+03:00Here we go again! Another article bashing Sheitel-...Here we go again! Another article bashing Sheitel-wearers. I choose not to respond to Rav Ovadia Yosef's p'sak on wigs, only that I do not hold by him, and I say this with no disrespect. I do hold by the leaders of previous generations that did permit wigs such as: <br /><br />The Lubavitcher Rebbe<br />Rav Moshe Feinstein<br />The Rema<br />the Pri Megadim<br />the Chofetz Chaim, etc.<br /><br /><br />So I do have whom to hold by. <br /><br />I suggest you leave us sheitel-wearers alone and focus on real issues concerning breach of tznius such as women wearing tight-fitting outfits, skirts that are too short and have slits, and blouses that expose their elbows and their collarbone. <br /><br />So, please chill out.mghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05245545799399040977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756615369164034162.post-88947647224986940682012-07-10T03:33:04.718+03:002012-07-10T03:33:04.718+03:00Wow. You mean there are ... rabbis who forbade wig...Wow. You mean there are ... rabbis who forbade wigs?! What a great revelation!<br /><br />Maybe mention, meanwhile, that there are rabbis who permitted wigs. (E.g. Rav Moshe Feinstein.)<br /><br />IIRC, even Rav Elyashiv refused to condemn all wigs categorically. (Based on an article from a while back... He pointed to a rav in Yerushalayim whose wife wore a sheitel.)<br /><br />"What Yeshiva students are these? These are ignoramuses, fools, wicked people!"<br />Those yeshiva students are likely following their rabbeim and poskim. Which is just how halacha is *supposed* to operate. Beis Hillel did not condemn Beis Shammai as fools or sinners who would burn in heck.<br /><br />kol tuv,<br />joshjoshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756615369164034162.post-45887370970722750002012-07-10T03:13:00.972+03:002012-07-10T03:13:00.972+03:00So true Miriah - I live smack dab in the middle of...So true Miriah - I live smack dab in the middle of Boro Park. It saddens me greatly to see these long(and shoulder length), seductive wigs flying in the wind. I will, IY'H post these fliers on the Avenues as I did the fliers on tzniusTidbits of Torahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01064258824492926896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756615369164034162.post-12365532879794423342012-07-10T02:36:21.815+03:002012-07-10T02:36:21.815+03:00Wigs, clothing made from spandex and high heels al...Wigs, clothing made from spandex and high heels all seem like a problem and immodest but many, many women who considering themselves "frum" wear these. I love them but they are calling attention to their bodies when they wear tight-fitting clothing with costly high fashion wigs and dripping with jewelry. Their husbands don't seem to be bothered by this as their daughters emulate the mothers.Moriahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10031303390387367887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756615369164034162.post-51822036971978828162012-07-10T01:38:39.950+03:002012-07-10T01:38:39.950+03:00I've got flyers with probably 15 or more Ashke...I've got flyers with probably 15 or more Ashkenazi Rabbis forbidding them as well. Rav Elyashiv, Rav Vosner, Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, Chatam Sofer, Rav Yonatan Eibshitz, and many more. <br />As far as what they do in the US... We all know what the prophets say about whats coming to the lands of Edom...Yehoshua Goldsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16092729031104701253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756615369164034162.post-53407431802972939172012-07-10T01:31:48.368+03:002012-07-10T01:31:48.368+03:00If all this is true, why is it that wigs from shei...If all this is true, why is it that wigs from sheitel machers are very common in the Ashkenazic world? I realize that women in India donate their hair in front of their avodah zarot. Yet, the sheitel macher is a respected profession amongst Ashkenazim. And believe me, I know how expensive real hair can be. We are talking around $1000. I understand that Sephardim have never accepted sheitels as a proper head covering. So I would expect this ruling from Rav Ovadia. But in the Ashkenazic world?? I am amazed that this was a problem. In the US, observant women regularly wear them. sorry for my confusion on this issue. Here in Israel we have given up on the sheitel for the snood instead. My wife always hated them anyway.Dov Bar-Leibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15915682856620634130noreply@blogger.com