CantTalkGotThingsToDo
May. 14th, 2004 01:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Hi all. Been really busy at work. The new Modigliani exhibition is opening on Tuesday, and there's so much to do that I actually have to work. So if you are looking for my cogent comments, they may be missing for a while. The show is eating my brain, os much so that I had a panic attachk that something I told my boss was true wasn't true after all. (It was true, though.) Wish us luck getting through what will be a long if exciting set of events.
But I gotta throw this to my LJ community. You may have heard about this ban on Indian-made wigs in religious Jewish circles as there is a possibility that hair cut off in a Hindu ritual was later recycled for wigs. I don't question the idea behind the ban - Jewish attitudes towards idolatry (which would include pantheistic Hinduism) are well-established. But I wonder if anyone is familiar with this ritual, and if anyone knows whether hair trimmed for such a holy purpose would really be turned into a wig.
I don't want to scoff at this ban - it was issued by the leading authority on Jewish law in Israel, a scholar of the highest reputation - but that little voice inside my head makes me wonder if something is amiss.
But I gotta throw this to my LJ community. You may have heard about this ban on Indian-made wigs in religious Jewish circles as there is a possibility that hair cut off in a Hindu ritual was later recycled for wigs. I don't question the idea behind the ban - Jewish attitudes towards idolatry (which would include pantheistic Hinduism) are well-established. But I wonder if anyone is familiar with this ritual, and if anyone knows whether hair trimmed for such a holy purpose would really be turned into a wig.
I don't want to scoff at this ban - it was issued by the leading authority on Jewish law in Israel, a scholar of the highest reputation - but that little voice inside my head makes me wonder if something is amiss.
(no subject)
Date: May. 14th, 2004 11:46 am (UTC)The edict thus makes sense to me.
Interestingly, I assumed that Indian wigs would be cheaper, coming from a Third World nation (albeit one rapidly stealing our jobs). Instead, it seems that those who spend the most on wigs are the ones likely to be affected the most. The can of worms long since opened about whether a $5,000 wig is a sign of true modesty is once again on the floor, as I ponder if perhaps this isn't a sign that maybe the meaning of the law is lost under the hair.
Enough of this. I got work to do.
(no subject)
Date: May. 14th, 2004 12:58 pm (UTC)But right now, I'm glad I've been having fun with scarves instead.