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Do you consider a man wearing a toupee as a guy who colors his hair? is it considered beged isha?
Anything that a fellow does to make himself look younger is considered beged isha.
But if he does it not to look younger per se but because he is embarrassed, or to further his professional ambitions, then perhaps it would not be Beged Isha.
cherrybim
so I guess a modern person instead of waering his normal tiny yarmulke he is wearing a larger yarmulke to cover up his baldness. I guess to you that’s considered begged isha?
Yes, it’s a real p’sak.
I would think that wigs for medical or business purposes are not included.
I know people who do comb-overs. I wonder if that is included.
I have a serious question: Should the wearing of a toupee be considered the fulfillment of the mitzvah of wearing a yarmulke?
Because women are permitted to wear beged isha.
But why is it beged isha? And how unattractive does one need to be? If you are naturally very handsome with perfect hair, do you have to make yourself go bald?
nfgo: There is no Mitzvah to wear a Kippah.
flatbusher and rebyidd: It’s not necessarily about a greater reason. The Gemara assumes that attempting to look younger is a female endeavor and therefore is Beged Isha for a man to attempt.
Men’s endeavor is to look older and wiser.
Rabbi Eleazar ben Azaryah… Harei ani keven shivim shana…
You’ll read it in the Hagadah at the Seder.
Rabbi Eleazar ben Azaryah I think is in Berochos 28a.
Rabbi Eleazar ben Azaryah… Harei ani keven shivim shana..
That’s a statement of fact, not a p’sak halacha or even a guideline for physical appearance.
By the same token, we should only use rocks for pillows since it says “YaYikach MeAvnei HaMakom VaYashem M’Ra’ashosav…”
The Wolf
Wolf, it makes a point, though, that I was bringing out. The menfolk respect older and wiser. In fact older as wiser. Indeed looking older (even if not older) gives a wiser impression.
The gemorah that says trying to look younger is beged isha is in makos 20b.
http://www.hebrewbooks.org/shas.aspx?mesechta=25&daf=20b&format=pdf
See Ein Mishpat for where it is brought l’halacha.
While a shaitel will enhance a women’s appearance, a man’s toupee makes him look like an idiot; and that’s assur too.
^ Well said. I think that pretty much closes this issue.
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