http://www.jewinthecity.com/2007/11/why-orthodox-men-dont-wear-wigs/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:06:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.jewinthecity.com/2007/11/why-orthodox-men-dont-wear-wigs/comment-page-1/#comment-4962 Suad Bushnaq Tue, 03 May 2011 05:20:00 +0000 http://174.132.89.171/~jewinthe/?p=154#comment-4962 I'm Muslim too and think that your explanation of modesty is amazingly simple and could apply to Islam as well, so kudos to you! I’m Muslim too and think that your explanation of modesty is amazingly simple and could apply to Islam as well, so kudos to you!

]]> http://www.jewinthecity.com/2007/11/why-orthodox-men-dont-wear-wigs/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Amy Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:56:54 +0000 http://174.132.89.171/~jewinthe/?p=154#comment-15 Hello there!! Just discovered your blog. I'm not Jewish, but Muslim, and thought this was a really interesting perspective on looking/covering and modesty for men and women. Hello there!!
Just discovered your blog. I’m not Jewish, but Muslim, and thought this was a really interesting perspective on looking/covering and modesty for men and women.

]]> http://www.jewinthecity.com/2007/11/why-orthodox-men-dont-wear-wigs/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Mikha'el Makovi Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:20:50 +0000 http://174.132.89.171/~jewinthe/?p=154#comment-14 Spot-on analysis - clear, simple answer. It seems an amazingly overlooked fact that man cannot look. Actually, it's a funny thing that no men have ever declared that Judaism is sexist against them - having started to become religious halfway through public high school, I can honestly say that the prohibition on looking is, shall we say, "difficult". If one argues that Judaism is biased against women, one could make the equally valid case that it is biased against men. Actually, I think Judaism is simply biased against the yetzer hara (evil inclination)! (Also, I'm reminded of the irony that many feminists will complain that only men get to wear tefillin and tzitzit, etc. - why are men favored with these extra mitzvot? Yet they'll then complain, why are women singled out (unfairly) for covering the hair and taking challah - why are women burdened with these? I.e., when men have a mitzvah women don't, it's favoritism for the men. But when women have a mitzvah men don't, it's discrimination against the women.) Spot-on analysis – clear, simple answer. It seems an amazingly overlooked fact that man cannot look.
Actually, it’s a funny thing that no men have ever declared that Judaism is sexist against them – having started to become religious halfway through public high school, I can honestly say that the prohibition on looking is, shall we say, “difficult”.
If one argues that Judaism is biased against women, one could make the equally valid case that it is biased against men.
Actually, I think Judaism is simply biased against the yetzer hara (evil inclination)!
(Also, I’m reminded of the irony that many feminists will complain that only men get to wear tefillin and tzitzit, etc. – why are men favored with these extra mitzvot? Yet they’ll then complain, why are women singled out (unfairly) for covering the hair and taking challah – why are women burdened with these? I.e., when men have a mitzvah women don’t, it’s favoritism for the men. But when women have a mitzvah men don’t, it’s discrimination against the women.)

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