flatbusher on "Toupees"
Do you consider a man wearing a toupee as a guy who colors his hair? is it considered beged isha?
View Articlecherrybim on "Toupees"
Anything that a fellow does to make himself look younger is considered beged isha.
View Articlemobico on "Toupees"
But if he does it not to look younger per se but because he is embarrassed, or to further his professional ambitions, then perhaps it would not be Beged Isha.
View ArticleMashiach Agent on "Toupees"
cherrybimso I guess a modern person instead of waering his normal tiny yarmulke he is wearing a larger yarmulke to cover up his baldness. I guess to you that's considered begged isha?
View Articleflatbusher on "Toupees"
Is that really a psak, that anything that makes a man look younger is considered beged isha? What is he is bald and embarrassed from cancer treatment?
View Articlecherrybim on "Toupees"
Yes, it's a real p'sak.I would think that wigs for medical or business purposes are not included.I know people who do comb-overs. I wonder if that is included.
View Articlenfgo3 on "Toupees"
I have a serious question: Should the wearing of a toupee be considered the fulfillment of the mitzvah of wearing a yarmulke?
View Articleflatbusher on "Toupees"
Could you explain the psak. Why are women allowed to make themselves appear younger (and for whom?) and not men. If you say that women should be attractive to their husbands, shouldn't husbands be...
View ArticleRebYidd23 on "Toupees"
But why is it beged isha? And how unattractive does one need to be? If you are naturally very handsome with perfect hair, do you have to make yourself go bald?
View Articleflatbusher on "Toupees"
I am curious about this psak. Whose psak was it that a toupee is considered beged isha and why are women allowed to make themselves attractive but men are not
View ArticleSam2 on "Toupees"
nfgo: There is no Mitzvah to wear a Kippah.flatbusher and rebyidd: It's not necessarily about a greater reason. The Gemara assumes that attempting to look younger is a female endeavor and therefore is...
View ArticleJoseph on "Toupees"
Men's endeavor is to look older and wiser. Rabbi Eleazar ben Azaryah... Harei ani keven shivim shana...
View ArticleWolfishMusings on "Toupees"
Rabbi Eleazar ben Azaryah... Harei ani keven shivim shana..That's a statement of fact, not a p'sak halacha or even a guideline for physical appearance. By the same token, we should only use rocks for...
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Wolf, it makes a point, though, that I was bringing out. The menfolk respect older and wiser. In fact older as wiser. Indeed looking older (even if not older) gives a wiser impression.
View Articlesholomrov on "Toupees"
The gemorah that says trying to look younger is beged isha is in makos 20b.http://www.hebrewbooks.org/shas.aspx?mesechta=25&daf=20b&format=pdfSee Ein Mishpat for where it is brought l'halacha.
View Articleflatbusher on "Toupees"
The Ein Mishpat is talking about toupees? And we pasken like that? How often do we come across in the Mishnah Berurah that we do contrary to what the stated halacha said. I wonder if there are any more...
View Articlecherrybim on "Toupees"
While a shaitel will enhance a women's appearance, a man's toupee makes him look like an idiot; and that's assur too.
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