tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post1094677511701743975..comments2024-03-28T15:11:53.591+02:00Comments on Life in Israel: Letter To the Editor: The Judge Wears A Wig???Rafi G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-8335634729616565212011-11-18T00:10:55.687+02:002011-11-18T00:10:55.687+02:00Personally, thought he wrote the Ivrit letter in a...Personally, thought he wrote the Ivrit letter in a respectful manner. There are those who are lacking in knowledge of societies norms, and he was not embarrassed to inquire.cvmaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-44540135169653150162011-11-17T23:22:08.645+02:002011-11-17T23:22:08.645+02:00"...what bothers me is more the attitude that..."...what bothers me is more the attitude that people feel it is ok to poke their nose in the relationship others have with God...<br />But to dig into his personal life and ask how he can do this or that, is just too much, and unfortunately too common."<br /><br />Thanks, Rafi. Exactly so.Rachelynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-69612640700921511382011-11-17T17:09:21.615+02:002011-11-17T17:09:21.615+02:00Where does he get the idea that wigs are female ga...Where does he get the idea that wigs are female garb??<br /><br />On wigs, see<br /><br />http://onthemainline.blogspot.com/2010/12/18th-century-chanukah-passtime-going-to.html<br /><br />and of course Haham David Nieto, who also knew a thing or two about halacha<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Nieto<br /><br />and actually many others.<br /><br />It's entirely possible that the letter is a joke, but the fact that it is plausible . . .S.http://onthemainline.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-73485139112563372482011-11-17T16:20:16.355+02:002011-11-17T16:20:16.355+02:00There is an explicit tshuva from the Maharik (#83 ...There is an explicit tshuva from the Maharik (#83 I think) that permits wearing a scholar's robe because it is indicative of a profession and not of non-Jewishness, and so does not fall under hukkot hagoyim - as opposed to non tzniut clothes like the red shoelaces mentionned by the Gemara or even modes of dress people readily identify as specifically non-Jewish. The thing is nowadays everyone dresses the same, Jew or non-Jew, so the issue is more or less moot, with the exception of what is now relegated to folkloric dress.<br />On the other hand, the custom for centuries was that Jewish clothes were buttoned right on left (like the chassidim still do) whereas the Goyim buttoned left on right. It would be interesting to know when we started to do like them and if ti was really muttar to begin with.Chanokhnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-25498223523131696752011-11-17T15:44:04.886+02:002011-11-17T15:44:04.886+02:00That was one daft letter by the questionner whoeve...That was one daft letter by the questionner whoever he may be and it shows that not only is sanctimoniously poking his nose into other people's business, but he has no clue about what he is talking about.<br /><br />A British judge's wig is most definitely not a wig similar to anything worn by any women. It is a (pretty silly looking) hat that gets called a wig. Until recently, only men wore them (as women weren't judges), so there goes the the lo tilbash argument.<br /><br />As for Hukkot HaGoyyim, the aforesaid wig has no connections to any avodah zarah so therefore it is no Hukkot Goyim. It just happened to be high fashion in the UK about the same time that people started wearing shtreimels in Poland. I suppose that makes the trousers (sorry, "pants") you're wearing Hukkot HaGoyim as well. They certainly weren't worn by Moshe Rabeinu.<br /><br />I can't imagine why the honorable judge would need to ask any gedolei yisroel whether he can wear a judicial wig or not. As you pointed out the question might be whether he can judge by civil law or not.<br /><br />Isn't it a shame that people trying to look so learned and pious show themselves to be so ignorant?Rafi (S)https://www.blogger.com/profile/18103892755392538611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-79580291231183087242011-11-17T15:31:19.739+02:002011-11-17T15:31:19.739+02:00isnt the shtreimel originally sourced from goyim?isnt the shtreimel originally sourced from goyim?HolyRollernoreply@blogger.com