From what Ive heard this practice started in Europe generations ago where Jewish women were targetedattackedkidnapped By having their head shaved under their head covering it made them less attractive for potential attackers.

Why do hasidic women cut their hair. It begins with a reference in the Torah and then is expounded upon in the Talmud. I explained that as a religious Jewish woman I intended to cover my hair after getting married and would be cutting it the morning after the wedding. They are making it to be impossible that their hair can ever be seen because they dont have any.

Satmar women are expected to shave their heads and wear wigs once they get married. Doesnt that defeat the purpose. Another possible reason is because of the following.

They dunk themselves and their entire body must be 100 submerged in the water. A mother explains the tradition of waiting until a Jewish boys third birthday to give him his first haircut and shares her familys experience in preparing to celebrate this big step in her son. Why do Orthodox women wear wigs especially if the wig looks even nicer than their hair.

He said how ironic it is that observant Jewish women wear wigs. So they will simply have fairly- typical sideburns which do not stand out or attract much attention. It is a biblical law that considers the hair a beauty of a woman and therefore it shall not be shown in public after marriage.

Tomorrow morning I m cutting my hair off anyway. So wearing a wig actually defeats the whole purpose of covering the hair. Nonetheless the different strains of.

Some Jews apply this principle to cutting a childs hair. But some sects take this a step further and instruct women to cut off all their hair upon marriage which eliminates the risk of their hair coming loose from its covering while they are in public. Hasidic interpretation toward Biblical allusion.