[Avodah] More on Married Women Should Not Wear Wigs

[Harry Maryles]

--- On Mon, 10/24/11, Micha Berger <micha at aishdas.org> wrote:


Sei'ar be'ishah ervah is different than other examples of
dress. Otherwise, there would be no distinction between single and
married women.

It seems more that there is a gezeiras hakasuv requiring hair
covering by married women (from parashas sotah), and then once uncovering
her hair is rare, its exposure is ervah. The issur causes the label
"ervah", and in other cases (eg revealing or tight-fitting clothing)
the ervah is inherent and is the cause of the issur.

But even if this theory is wrong, there must be some distinction between
an ervah that applies to all women, and one that applies to married
ones only. One can't simply assume it has to do with sexuality, because
attraction isn't correlated to her being married.
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Minor quibble: AIUI Seir B'Isha Erva is not a Gezeras HaKasuv. It is a D'Oraisa MeiDivrei Sofrim. There is no explicit pasuk that says a married woman must cover her hair. It is extrapolated from Sotah.
 
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