page_title: Sheitel
hierarchical_section_title: Sheitel
caption_attribution_description: English: First Hasidic Woman Elected As Brooklyn Civil Court Judge
context_page_description: Sheitel is a wig or half-wig worn by some Orthodox Jewish married women in order to conform with the requirement of Jewish law to cover their hair. Some Hasidic groups encourage sheitels, while others avoid them.
context_section_description: Sheitel (Yiddish: שייטל‎, sheytl m.sg.; שייטלעך, sheytlekh m.pl. or שייטלען, sheytlen m.pl.; Hebrew: פאה נוכרית‎) is a wig or half-wig worn by some Orthodox Jewish married women in order to conform with the requirement of Jewish law to cover their hair. Some Hasidic groups encourage sheitels, while others avoid them.
caption: Judge Rachel Freier, a married Hasidic woman, wearing a sheitel
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