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Ashdod rabbi orders religious certification of wigs

A hasidic rabbi in Ashdod has warned that Jews should only purchase wigs certified not to have been made using hair derived from a ritual head-shaving practiced in India.

Ashdod rabbi orders religious certification of wigs

Cancer patients' wigs stolen from Ichilov Hospital

Hospital calls for new donations after cancer patients find wigs have been stolen when they come to pick them up.

Cancer patients' wigs stolen from Ichilov Hospital

Watch: Thief makes off with wigs worth half a million shekels

Wild police chase leads to capture of thief who robbed wig store.

Watch: Thief makes off with wigs worth half a million shekels

Chief Rabbi of Israel denounces wigs as 'idolatrous'

Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, Chief Rabbi of Israel, slams custom of wearing wigs, saying the hair used is collected in idolatrous rituals.

Chief Rabbi of Israel denounces wigs as 'idolatrous'

Custom wigs - not only for orthodox women

World-acclaimed New York wig designer Dini Weinberg opens new branch in Jerusalem and offers her products to all segments of society.

Custom wigs - not only for orthodox women

Wig wearers excluded from hearing shofar

A Jerusalem synagogue told female wig wearers they could not hear the shofar in its precincts.

Wig wearers excluded from hearing shofar