20 January 2006 (Friday)
wigging out, branching out
Perhaps inspired by my Wigging Out series (and I'm still waiting for you to elaborate on your comment, OOSJ!), peninah has posted her Ramblings On Buying Hair.
part of a series: I, II, II 1/2, III, IV . . .
First - sorry if I was too opinionated and terse in my comment.
I don't know you or your surroundings well enough to give you an "alternative, practicable solution, given the totality of the circumstances".
Covering hair for married modern-orthodox women is one question, wearing a shaitel is another.
I guess that clerking for a judge makes things difficult for you.
My opinion has always been that if the reason for a woman covering her hair is 'tzniut' as understood by the Rambam and others - then women should refrain from going out. If for the Rambam, a woman went to the market once or twice a month, then covering hair had a certain logic to it. If you argue cases before strange men, then that logic seems to fall apart.
I am not here to convince you one way or another - but the buying of a shaitel seems to me the biggest slap in the face to public women (of which you are one). But ... the times have changed and I am a bit out of touch with your generation (just ask my kids). The boys are wearing kippot in places we never did and the girls, I guess are wearing shaitels.
