Be Aware

Dear Sephardic community member don't be fooled by Ashkenazifed Sephardic Rabbis (Rabbis that studied in Ashkenazi Yeshivot) to believe that they teach you Sephardic customs. Keep the customs of your parents and keep the Sephardic tradition alive.



March 20, 2011

Sephardic woman should not wear a wig

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef is considered one of the leading halakhic authorities, particularly for Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews ("Maran").
Some of his legal rulings include:
  • That a Sephardic woman should not wear a wig (sheitel) as a form of head covering, but should wear headscarves or hat instead. (According to Jewish Law, Jewish married women must cover their hair in public for reasons of modesty).
    Lately the style among the Askenazified Sepharadim is to duplicate and emulate the Ashkenazim Haredim (Hasidim) and     have the practice of wearing wigs, that according to Rabbi Yosef it's defeats the purpose of modesty.
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