[Avodah] Not Covering Her Hair

[T613K at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/31/2011 7:14:55am EDT, llevine at stevens.edu writes:
> This morning a fellow came over to me after davening and said, "My
> wife does not cover her hair. I really do not care. Maybe I am wrong,
> but this is the way it is."

> He then went on to tell me that he has an old  friend who now has 
> apparently moved to the right. "He will not even talk  to my wife."

The old friend may be under the misapprehension that it is forbidden to
look at a woman whose hair is uncovered. The fellow you know should
speak to his old friend about this and encourage him to ask a shaila
about whether it is mutar to speak to a married woman whose hair is
uncovered.

(Of course he should be careful who he asks; he might be told that it
is assur to look at a woman, period. This can get sticky. I had a
terrific teacher in sem who literally taught us with his eyes closed.
Whether he held it was the din or whether it was his personal chumra,
he never looked at the girls or women he taught.)

--Toby Katz
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