Reply To: Natural-Hair Sheitels Are Assur

shuali, indeed the basic idea of human hair wigs is not itself problematic for Ashkenazim, as you correctly note. But if you read what the gedolei poskim wrote, you’ll see that the issue is the fact that the source for most of the hair comes from avoda zora worshipping. And for the minority of human hair used that isn’t sourced from avoda zora practices, the hair industry makes it impossible to determine with certainty which hair originates from non-A”Z.