wigs

Orthodox Jews believe that married women must cover their hair. The next few posts will be devoted to various ways women choose to do that.

Wigs, or shaetls (It's Yiddish, and I have no idea what the real spelling is) are common among the Ashkenazi, Orthodox, married women. Sepharadim do not believe that wigs constitute a legal way of covering the hair.

(Ashkenazim come mainly from Eastern Europe, Sepharadim mainly from the Middle East. While they observe the same rules, they interpret the details of some rules differently.)

Shaetls can easily cost a few thousand dollars, and those made with human hair (the majority) generally cost at least a thousand dollars. Some women try to make them look as much like real hair as possible, while others have less believable ones, either because they are cheaper or because they want it to be obvious that they are indeed covering their real hair. Some wear shaetls and then cover them with something.

Above are a few examples. I apologize for the blurriness.