Comments on: Are you a Diaspora Grrl?

By: Davina

Davina — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 19:08:34 +0000

Are you sure it is ok for a muslim girl to wear these?

By: esther

esther — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 18:27:36 +0000

Michal, that’s why Ashton always wears hats. I’m not kidding. Plus, if you’ve ever been here before, you know that any post here can devolve into some sort of sexual reference…sad, but true.

By: Michal

Michal — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 17:58:11 +0000

Holy cow! How did this turn into a sex talk? The whole point of a kippah is to show reverence for G-d. The kippah is a symbol that G-d is always above us (and our ego!). It’s a good reminder that we’re not alone in the struggle.

By: Kay

Kay — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 16:36:30 +0000

Here is a pretty good overview of the topic of a woman covering her hair. The idea that a non-virgin has to is a minority opinion that is not accepted. Also, there does not seem to be any source for the idea that there is any connection between sex/tumah/covering one’s hair.

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Besides, Dina, your logic is flawed. If you can get rid of the tumah on your fingernails by washing them, then why can’t you get rid of the tumah on your hair by washing it? Conversely, if you don’t wash your hands, no one requires that you walk around in public wearing gloves.

By: Grace

Grace — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 08:04:29 +0000

Gevalt! A Bat Mitzva having sex! Dude, that’s 12 years old!!

Sounds like the Diaspora Grrls don’t know whether they want to look like the goyim in their funky headwear, or if they want to look like the Orthodox, but only kinda, and without the rules. Either way, sounds like a disaster to me. :-/

By: Rina

Rina — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 06:34:31 +0000

AHHH SHE STOLE MY NAME! See… look what happens when I don’t visit jewlicious in a while… lol

By: Jobber

Jobber — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 02:35:54 +0000

Dina, What is the source for this explanation you posted? I had learnt in a Gemara that the reason that this practice came about was that in earlier societies, only prostitutes would go out w/ out their head covered so this is what juxtaposed this particular action. I was not aware of any real ideological or spiritual connotations.

By: Ziva Lehava

Ziva Lehava — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 16:49:00 +0000

Dina, you make a great and interesting point when you note that the concept of head-covering would really be for women who have had sex, not just married women anymore. (Hey, client, c’mon, women are already wonderful and holy; it’s the men who are messed up already—-ok, now I’m really stretching some info I read somewhere, but it was in the same spot where I found out that female headcovering is mentioned a ton, while male headcovering (kippot) supposedly started out as a cultural/social (nonrequired) thing.) I’ll try to find some sources, but I’m being particularly lazy right now.

By: client

client — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 05:43:44 +0000

Dina, This is really fascinating. I ve never heard about it. And it s just women? guys dont get that schmutz after sex? Please, you gotta tell me where do you get these news from so i can stop laughing at that and starting to have a pitty at my unlearned self. untill then – ))))

By: Dina

Dina — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 04:37:24 +0000

The hair covering isn’t really about modesty. Certain tumahs leave the body through hair or nails. So, the same way you have to wash your hands in the morning (when you wake up, the tumah that was in your body because you were sleeping leaves through your nails) to get rid of “residual tumah” in your nails, a woman has a particular tumah that leaves through her hair after she’s had sex. Therefore, her hair should be covered when she’s in public.
It’s funny, the rule only goes on married women nowadays, but it really belongs to any woman who’s had sex.

By: Jobber

Jobber — Sun, 10 Jul 2005 19:01:14 +0000

I still don’t get the head covering thing. The modest attire as I understand it includes loose fitting garments, numero uno. So I often see this head covering and real tight sexy skirts.

Personally if I am looking at a woman w/ licentiousness, I am not looking at the hair first but last. But I am trying to mend my nasty ways, so I am looking a bit less.

By: Ben-David

Ben-David — Sun, 10 Jul 2005 13:43:18 +0000

These were popular a few years ago here in Israel – no shortage of funky female headgear options among the religious-zionist crowd.