I bought hair

[mamadeb]

Friend of mine who is taking up being a sheitel-macher again has offered me a deal I can't refuse - who would believe $200 for a wig? So, I took it.

jonbaker isn't pleased because he doesn't like wigs, but I'm assuming that tucking all my hair away would be a major fuss, so I wouldn't wear it often. Mostly to synagogues that aren't ours and to weddings. I can't even imagine taking it to a convention.

How does one deal with long hair under a wig? Lumps under hats or scarves are perfectly fine. Not so great under hair, I'm thinking.

Comments

[mamadeb.livejournal.com]

A baal/baalot tshuvah is simply someone who wasn't raised Orthodox but becomes one as an adult. There are BTs in all flavors of Orthodoxy - one of the biggest kiruv (bringing closer) organizations is Modern Orthodox.

I think you mean "chareidi".

[amoeba-j.livejournal.com]

I guess I was just going with their self-descriptions...

I had always thought of your definition above when I heard of Baal Teshuvah, but I figured that since these friends used it differently that it was one of those things I'd not quite gotten a grasp on the first time around...ah, the joys of growing up Jewish in the buckle of the bible belt and having to self-educate to supplement -- sometimes I got the knowledge just a little off the mark ;)