After jewish women is married who else apart from her husband is allowed to see her hair?

Question

are her family and other females allowed to see it or who is allowed to see it

Answer 1

I follow the laws of tznius, which is modesty, and once a religious Jewish woman gets married, only the immediate family is allowed to see her in her natural beauty.  For example, if I'm at a clothing store trying on clothes, I remove my snood.  My girlfriend comes shopping with me.  She can see my hair.

Halacha (Jewish law) requires married women to cover their hair. Some married Modern Orthodox women cover their heads, some cover their hair (except for a few inches at the hairline), and some do not cover their heads or hair at all.

Married women keep an additional level of tznius by covering their hair completely, which is a constant reminder to the woman herself, as well as to the men who encounter her, that she has a special status; she has been sanctified to one man only and is off-limits to all others.

There are a few popular styles for hair-covering. In my community, wigs are preferred, because they cover the hair most completely. In the comfort of our homes, most women wear turbans, or a longer version of a turban called a snood.

These are considered casual in my community, but in others, women wear them more frequently, to work, for example. And in other communities, hats are the covering of choice. All of these are correct as long as the woman's hair is completely covered.

Overall, our style of dress is not supposed to draw undue attention to our bodies. This does not mean, however, that we are required to look ugly. Quite the contrary, we should appear neat and presentable. Thus, our dresses can be made of high-quality fabrics and our wigs can be combed nicely. We do not have to go around in potato sacks.

The idea for this is so as not to draw attention to yourself.

Michelle R...one comment on your answer

Halecha does state that all Jews are obligated to cover their head:

Hair covering

Orthodox Halacha (Jewish law) requires married women to cover their hair [1]. The most common hair coverings in the Haredi community are the snood, the tichel (scarf), and the sheitel (wig); some Haredi women will cover their hair with hats or berets. Some married Modern Orthodox women cover their heads, some cover their hair (except for a few inches at the hairline), and some do not cover their heads or hair at all, though this contradicts the Halacha (in Hilkhoth Ishuth chapter 24, of the Mishneh Torah, Maimonides quotes the Talmudic literature as teaching that the covering of a woman's hair is Dat Moshe (originates from Moses' teaching), i.e., is Biblically mandatory).

Answer 2

Everyone can.  

Answer 3

anyone can see it

Answer 4

Are you sure you are talking about Jewish women?  I was a hair dresser at SAKS in Beverly Hills and I can tell you for a fact that Jewish women are very stylish.  They let everybody see their hair because you can believe they pay top dollar to keep it looking good. They are very into presenting themselves in the very best light and Jewish men can usually afford to keep them that way.

Answer 5

I'm guessing her close family members and her husband. A lot of people say most jews don't dress this way but I see it quite a bit, to be honest.

Answer 6

You are confusing this with Islam.

Jewish women can show their hair. There are no restrictions.

Answer 7

You're thinking of other faiths.

Answer 8

Her family and other females are allowed to see it.  The marriage wig (Sheitel) is used for modesty (tzniut) and often are better than a woman's real hair (well-constructed and always easy to maintain).

Please bear in mind that it is primarily Chassidic women and some Orthodox women that will wear a sheitel.  Most Conservative, Reform, and Reconstructionist do not.

Answer 9

yessss

im jewish and i know no-one who keeps their hair covered

Answer 10

It depends on how observant she is.  Some sects only allow immediate family to see their hair uncovered - mostly Chassidim and ultra-Orthodox.  The reason is that while technically there is nothing wrong with other women seeing a married woman's hair, and nothing inherently wrong with any close family member seeing it, it is easy to become accustomed to walking around with your hair uncovered and you might forget to put something on to answer the door to a stranger.

Hair covering in Judaism is actually a tradition, and not a commandment. It gets lumped in with the "modesty" rulings, but it doesn't actually belong there - it's entirely based on a strict interpretation of a specific Torah passage that indicated that in the days of the Torah, married women covered their hair (though it does not say whether unmarried girls did as well - it's possible that all women did.  But we'll never know).  Because of this, different groups have all taken on different practices as to how it is best carried out.  Some say hats or scarves are better because no one will confuse them with uncovered hair.  Others say only wigs are acceptable because that way no stray hair escapes.  There are disagreements about how much hair is allowed to show, with some saying none at all and others saying that so long as the bulk of the head is covered, that is sufficient. Among a couple of Chassidic groups, women actually shave their heads and then put a wig on, and some will even wear a hat over a wig as well.  On the other hand, among the most lenient group of women who still practice this, the Modern Orthodox, you will often see them wearing a hat to synagogue and other Jewish functions, but not to the workplace - because in this day and age, if someone wants to know if a woman is married, the custom is to look at the left hand and not the head.  Others will always cover their hair out of the house, and never at home.

So there's no one true answer on this one.

Answer 11

Judaism is not the same as Islam my friend

Answer 12

For those who are religious and cover their hair her family and other females are allowed to see it.

Answer 13

Her close family members and other females