wigging out

[winterbadger]

from the BBC

Orthodox Jews in New York and Israel have been burning wigs made of Indian human hair after rabbis ruled they may contravene religious law.

Hundreds gathered in the Brooklyn suburb of Williamsburg on Sunday to ignite a bonfire of more than 300 wigs.

Orthodox women often wear wigs because custom requires that they cover their own hair in public once married.

No offense to the Orthodox, but this has always been one of the silliest (IMO) examples of all the silly things that Torah-twisting can get you into. "You can't let other people see your hair," says the rebbe, "but, nu, if it's someone else's hair..." ROFLOL! If someone were to invent a silly interpretation of a religious principle, they might be hard-pressed to invent one sillier than this.

Comments

[chelona.livejournal.com]

I agree, especially when taken in context of what the original directive was trying to do!