For jews .... ...................... is it true ???

Question

im not sure but is it true that the religous jews (females i mean ) after they get married they should cover there hair buy wearing a wig over thier hair or just covering it with a viel ? thx :)

Answer 1

For EVERYONE's Information...the Veil is optional! its not even really part of the Islamic religion....its more of a cultural thing

Answer 2

Covering the hair by a wig is silly. how would people know if this is natural or artificial hiar?

Answer 3

it's only for religious women. But u won't see many women with covered head in Israel, as the most of population is secular.  

Answer 4

yes religious females jews  are covering there hair after they getting  married with a wig or with head kerchief over their hair  sometimes Little girls like the head kerchief  too.

Answer 5

No veil.  A wig or a hat, yes--after marriage, it's considered a sign of modesty to only let your husband see your hair.

Answer 6

We use wigs or scarves or hats to cover our hair, no veils.  Muslim women use veils.

Answer 7

First, as a religious Orthodox Jewish woman, let me tell you that by no means is a young jewish girl going to be found covering her face.  That would be another custom - another religion you are referring to.  Muslin women cover their face.  I don't know if it applies to unmarried and married both.

In response to your question, I answered a very similar question a few days ago and will paste my answer here:

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.

In my community, the 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.

Here is a descrition from a website that explains in very well:

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).

NOTE:  I'm an Orthodox Jewish woman who follows tznius laws.