[Avodah] several questions

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 07:05:43AM -0700, Harry Maryles wrote:
: The custom of the bride wearing a veil at her wedding comes from the
: bible - Genesis (24:65)...

It's documented in the chumash but I think it's older. Lavan was quite
the traditionalist when it came to marriage. Eg. "In our place, it is
not done to marry of the younger before the older."

It seems to me that married women covering their hair was also general
Semitic practice, as in minhag Benei Sheim, before required by the
Torah. Which would explain why the Torah only mentions it back-handedly,
by telling us about uncovering the sotah's.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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