PERSPECTIVES → SECOND THOUGHTS Issue 1018 · July 3, 2024

The Sheitel and the Shtreimel: a Hirsute Conversation

Pardon the lecture, but there is something mysterious about hair, and it goes beyond the modesty issue

The Sheitel and the Shtreimel: a Hirsute Conversation

 

 

Once upon a time, a sheitel and a shtreimel, each out for a stroll, passed each other on a busy street.

After the usual amenities, the shtreimel asked the sheitel: Pardon me for asking, but why do women wear these hairpieces?

Because of modesty, answered the sheitel, it’s well known that showing our natural hair is considered immodest.

But that is precisely my point: do not the women who wear these hairpieces look much better in them?

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