Where Women’s Wigs Come From

Somewhere in the first few chapters of “Silence Is Thy Praise” by Esther Austern, the book claims women’s wigs were originally introduced (at least in some locales) by the ancestors of the Chazon Ish as a contrived hair-covering in response to a decree against married women covering their connected hair.

I don’t have the book in front of me to quote from.

Some other articles:

  1. Ona’ah Applies to Children, Too!
  2. The Hypocrisy of Prohibiting Only LACE Wigs
  3. What Did Rabbi J.B. Soloveitchik Say About Women Covering Their Hair?
  4. Who Can Be a Chassidic Rebbe According to the Chazon Ish?
  5. How To REALLY Read Halacha Seforim: Just Read the Main Text

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