Joseph

Golfer, my reading of the questioners question is that his wife wasn’t receptive to the approach you suggested and that he already tried. Now he’s asking the Rov for a suggestion for another approach.

One needn’t be a mechaber of Halacha seforim to discuss and learn Halachas on any topic under the sun. Hilchos Noshim is as relevant to men as it is to women. Husbands and fathers set the halachic tone and ensure their family are halachicly compliant. Indeed, throughout time men have been more halachicly proficient in Hilchos Noshim than the women they teach it to. And regular average everyday Jewish men learn Hilchos Noshim (just as much as Halachas on any other subject) in shul, at work, on the train, with chavrusas and simply shmoozing about Halachas 7 days a week, 354 days a year. (That’s how many days there are in a year for those who keep a Jewish frame of mind.)

This new age idea that men should keep out of women issues, popularized in political culture in debates about abortion and other contemporary liberal thought, is entirely and completely a goyishe train of thought.

I did and she agrees with what I wrote.

“1) Are you also 97?”

A bit older. How’s that relevant?

“2) I’m told they’re rare today as well”

Who told you this? What makes you assume that’s reliable information?

“3) It’s clear from R’ Moshe that there’s still no issur (and that they existed).”

As you know, there are a multitude of shittos on this issue. I presume you aren’t suggesting we disregard others.

Comment # 1401024 apparently was one of those commenters that ignored her.

I don’t think that more than about 35 years ago (and really it got popular only more recent than even that) there were widely worn sheitels that were virtually indistinguishable from real hair (even to a maven or buki who can make such distinctions) that were commonly worn in Klal Yisroel.

SeenItAll20: You’re 97?

RY23, Halacha is all income she earns immediately belongs to the husband.

funnybone: My question to you is where’d you learn what the proper etiquette is, that you stated in your first comment on this thread.

funnybone: Who wrote the book on proper etiquette that you’re making that assertion upon?

OMG, is Syag my wife??!

The vast majority of the poskim who were mattir certainly would tell you a tichel is preferable to the wigs available today.

There are heterim for heter mechira, pas akum, bishul akum, and all other sorts of heterim for a shas hadchak.

1) The Minhag in most cities and towns in Europe and many Mid-East countries – until 150 years ago (give or take) – women covered their hair with a Maftachos.

2) The accepted minhag as of today – most Charedi women don a Pe’ah Nuchris.

Care to explain, and understand, how and why MOST went from “1” (covered their hair with a Maftachos) to “2” (women don a Pe’ah Nuchris)?

How/why/if that change was justified, unjustified or done due to a Shas Hadchak at the time of the change — that is no longer the case today.