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In many communities today Orthodox women wear wigs in order to cover their hair in public. Some suggest that the source for this tradition is from our daf.
The Mishna teaches that in a case where a woman has completed her nezirut and begins bringing the sacrifices that conclude her time as a nazir, her husband can no longer object to her nezirut and be mefer – the one to nullify her vow of nezirut.
He can do so, however, if she is bringing sacrifices after having become temeah and is returning to her status as a nezira, since he can argue that her refraining from wine affects their relationship. Rabbi Meir argues that even if the nezirut is over the husband can object, arguing that he can reasonably claim that having a wife with a shaven head is unpleasant for him.
We explore the shaving of women’s heads as well as the Chasm Sofer’s stringencies on Peah Nochrit, as well as looking at Anthony Synott’s analysis of the sociology of hair.