Why do only Jewish married women cover their hair?
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in the ramba"m la-am it explains that when it says pnuya (in this case) it is refering to a widow or a divorced woman, however a never before married woman may go with her hair uncovered.\nthis is explained from the beis shmuel, and even haezer ch. 21 se-if kotton 2\nand just for the record, this is why only married women cover their hair:acc. to jewish law after a woman is married only her husband may see her natural hair, and a kerchief for the hair won't really do, being that it is very easy to take off and fall off, so they wear a wig. but under no circumstance would the torah command a jewish woman to make herself look not nice because she is a married woman.\nalso it is worn for the woman herself to recognize the fact that she is married, and be more careful in how she interacts around men, being that she is unified with only her husband. \n\nand you are right that the halacha doesn't change!!!!!\nokay let me try to explain this as best possible: in shulchan aruch even haezer ch. 21 halacha 2 it says the halacha that you wrote, now 98 % of opinions agree there that pnuya is refering to a once married before (and now widowed or divorced) woman.\nif it was refering to an unmarried before woman it would have said besula, like it is written in the next halacha, that one may look at an unmarried woman (it uses the term pnuya) to see if she is nice looking for him to marry her, and the halacha continues "bein shehe besula oi beulah" which means that he may look at her wether she is a virgin or wether she has already had intercourse, so we see that a pnuya can be used to refer to a woman who was married before. now if the halacha would be any woman no matter if she was married before or not, the tem that would be used would be plain and simple-just the first line of the halacha, that the jewish girls-women do not go out with uncovered hair, but since the halacha is only refering to married or once married women it has to explicitly say it i.e. wether she is unmarried but was before, or if she is married now.\nalso the source of this halacha is from the third mishna in tractate kesuvos, and there it says clearly "these are the ones which leave their marriage (divorce) without getting their kesuba money.... a woman which goes out and her hair is uncovered", so it is only talking about married or like it says in shulchan aruch, once before married women.\nabout the question why the word pnuya is used for different meanings; i never actually saw an answer written anywhere, however just from common sense i would say that it is a word that has to be transalated acc. to the context, like the word "yomim" which can refer to years like in the story of rivkah and eliezer, or in the begining of parshas mikeitz, or it can be refering to days lit., like it is used many times in tanach. that is just from my understanding though there might be a answer actually written somewhere.
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Even Hindu females cover thier head with a dupatta ( of a salwar kameez) or the end of a sari but only takes place place in  Some conservative communities.But with modern times, such commms restrict doing that only till you are in the company of the husbands parents. \nAlso, females cover their head while in a temple.
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Because they love you!\n\nAnd I am Jewish!
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The head covering is more than a tradition to many of the Muslim women - it is a matter of obeying the laws of their faith, and the basis of that is just being modest.  Smoking or blue jeans may not be "traditional" but that doesn't matter, because for those women, "Tradition" is not the point.  They are hanging on to laws of faith and modesty, which in many cultures, go beyond societal "tradition".  (Many conservative - that is, not necessarily traditional, but sticking close to the rules - Jews and Christians also wear head coverings of some sort for similar reasons.  There are more Muslim women in their conservative category though, so you don't see the others as much.  Do a search on "head covering" or "hair covering" to see what I mean.)\n\nHope this helps you understand to some extent.\n\n--- PS - I agree with you that they are inconsistent in their upholding of moral standards, just pointing out that it doesn't necessarily have to do with their upholding a traditional dress.
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Moslem women that cover their head, even the bible says that all women should cover their head.\n\n1Corinthinians 11:3-6 it says "If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off, and it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, she should cover her head"
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I work for a relgious order of sisters, and they don't wear veils.\n\nMany years ago they wore hats, with veils attached, but that was it.\n\nI do believe that other orders wear them out of respect for God. I do also believe they used to do it because a woman's hair was something for a man to admire, but having it covered it was a sign of humility and dedication to God and not to mankind.
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The Russian or Polish or American babushka is worn when it is cold, or as an alternative to some other head covering.  Many Muslims and some Christians or Jews wear a similar head covering as a matter of modesty or respect.
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Some ultra-Orthodox or Hasidic women cover their heads with a sheitel. That's a wig. \n\nhttp://www.sheitel.com\n\nhttp://www.sichosinenglish.org/books/kissui-harosh/02.htm\n\nIn some cases, the head is shaven under the sheitel:\n\nhttp://www.shabot6000.com/archive.php?id=57
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What a wonderful Q....\n\nREally,,,,,,,\n\nI;m muslim.....& i'm a very sporty person also.\n\nI play Taikowndo in club ....a special place for women\n\nI also run , jumb , Swim & do every thing \n\nI go to GYM 3 times per week & so does my friends\n\nViel is not restrective as u imagine\nhttp://www.thehijabshop.com/capsters/index.php\n\nBy the way .... I'm a pediatrician too\n:)\n\n\nViel or hijab is to cover ur body & hair ...face & hands can be exposed ...\n\nno prob in covering all . ,, it;s noe forbidden BUT it's not a MUST\n\nthe MUST is covering allthe woman's body & hair except face & hands\n\nFurther infos\nhere..\nhttp://www.islam101.com/women/hijabfaq.html\n\nhttp://www.jannah.org/sisters/hijbene.html\n\n& this link for seeing hijab :)\nhttp://www.thehijabshop.com/\n\n\nThanks dear for asking other than beliving any thing\n:)
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Because it's slimming.\nSome Orthodox Jewish men wear black and white outfits. \nSome dress like this most of the time, and some only on Shabbat.\nJewish women do not wear black all the time.  If they do, it's because black goes with everything and looks great on most people.
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم\nالسلام عليكم\n\nHello, actually there is no rule in the Quran or the Hadith about covering the head. And the rules about dressing modestly apply equally to men and women. Unfortunately the men of all cultures want to dominate women and in all cases have twisted whatever they could to enforce that domination. That included government (women in western countries could not own property until very recently and in the US they could not vote until the early 1900's) as well as economy (women in most of the world could not inherit property until very recently) and religion.\n\nBut the modest clothing is typical of the society. For instance the Burkha that westerners decry so much is actually a leftover from the Christians who inhabited the area. The Burkha was a perfect foil for men in both religions. The nuns in Catholicism wear the habit because they are honoring the way Mary, the mother of Jesus, dressed (peace on them both) and she was Jewish. This was the way women dressed to show modesty in those times.\n\nThe young man from "Persia" is totally wrong, if he were to actually look at Quran and Hadith, using his own intelligence he would know that. But the teachers of Islam in many countries teach what they were taught to teach and it is usually filled with cultural misconceptions.\n\nSalim
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It is called a Hijab and it is their religious belief. It's not a choice for them in their culture.  They will be killed if they do not obey the Quran, which is the Muslim equivalent to the Christian Bible.  It states:\n\nIn the Quran: \n" And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display theri beauty adn ornaments except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof, that they should draw their veils over their bosoms aand not display their beauty except to their husbands, fathers, husbands' fathers, sons, or their sisters' sons, or their women or the slaves whom their right hand possess or male servants free of physical needs, or small children who have no sence of the shame of sex; and that they should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden ornaments. And O ye Believers! Turn ye all together towards Allah(S.W.T) that ye may attain Bliss (Surah 24:31)
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Because we are supposed to be the delicate-soft-pretty ones... and because society says so. My husband has horrible hair chest and I hate it but I have no word on this, in the opposite, I have to tear off hair from anywhere he gets to see... It's a beauty standard.
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Can't really tell their gender with all those veils, hey some of them might even be she-males. Marry one of them and on your wedding night, you find your wife has a dick, sheesh...........
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afraid you look too jewish?
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My wife has no visible body hair in those areas.  Some do, some don't.  If it's very light hair it doesn't show unless the light hits it right.  but no, not all women have visible body hair.
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No. In many religions it was required for an older girl or woman to keep her hair at least partially covered. With a hat, scarf, mantilla, or even a paper towel in a pinch.\nA woman's hair was looked upon as a "crowning glory" for her, and it was a simple gesture of humility and modesty for her to wear something on her head.\nThe same wasn't thought about men's hair, so men removed their hats as a show of respect.\nIt's as simple as that. Being an older woman, the Queen probably is just sticking with the old traditions.