by But many observant women will either wear a scarf or a sheitel, the Yiddish word for wig. A Jewish teacher who taught in Israel in a girls’ seminary and also lived in the Haredi, or ultra.. Orthodox Jewish women wear wigs as a symbol of modesty. The Talmud, Judaism’s main text, expostulates that women’s hair is suggestive of sensuality. As a result, upon marriage, many Jewish women take to covering their hair in public. Because the Talmud also advocates that women take care of their appearance, Jewish women may choose to wear wigs instead of scarves to appear more polished.
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He said how ironic it is that observant Jewish women wear wigs. In biblical Judaism, the rule was that married women should cover their hair in order to be modest and unattractive. In more recent times, women wear wigs, which are sometimes more attractive than natural hair. So wearing a wig actually defeats the whole purpose of covering the hair!. Orthodox women do not show their hair in public after their wedding. With a headscarf or a wig – referred to in Yiddish as a sheitel – they signal to their surroundings that they are married and that they comply with traditional notions of propriety.
