Can someone tell me about head coverings for Jewish women?
Orthodox married women wear headcoverings ALL the time. Many of the women I know wear hats or snoods, but many also wear ‘sheitels’, or wigs. A lot of people think that it’s odd to cover hair by wearing a wig, but it’s a matter of Jewish modesty, or tznius. Orthodox Jews believe that women’s hair should be private between her and her husband. As far as the little lace circles go, I think they’re just a hold-over from the time when all religious women covered their hair. There’s still a sense that it should at least be covered during prayer, and so some Conservative women wear the little lace things. You might check out a website called tznius.com for scarves and other headcoverings. You won’t find the little lace things there, though! It might be of interest to your wife to read more about tznius, and also about family purity, or taharas mishpacha. You mention being a new Jewish family, so I’m presuming that you’ve completed a conversion with a rabbi. If so, you have a wonderful resour
