Sheitel

Although Caspary deftly shows that a sheitel is a wig, she does not explain its significance. ❋ Unknown (2009)

For those not familiar with a sheitel, it's a wig worn by observant Jews. ❋ Sue Perkins (2010)

Their mothers were not so quick to abandon their sheitel (wig), the most tangible sign of old-world customs and the underlying religious values it symbolized. ❋ Unknown (2009)

For Jewish readers, however, who immediately spot the significance of the sheitel, no inference is necessary. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Meinkin, a pious Jew throughout her life, was even known to wear a tallit while praying and covered her hair with a sheitel (“wig”) later in life. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I hope the blast blows that awful sheitel she wears clean off her head. ❋ CC (2009)

In the next paragraph, a “homely old crone who wore a sheitel” leaves the hotel “without having touched a bite of food.” ❋ Unknown (2009)

The women have subscriptions to health clubs; dress in the latest fashions; invest more than $1,000 on a sheitel; undergo plastic surgery, etc. ❋ Unknown (2003)

And there was the couple who ran the bakery next door, he with a little red beard and she with the sheitel, a wig. ❋ JOY HOROWITZ (1996)

"I keep my hair short," Wuensch says, "because I don't like the weight of it under the sheitel, but it's really a matter of individual comfort and preference." ❋ Unknown (2010)

A sheitel allows a woman the ability to look good without compromising her privacy. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The sheitel is beautiful, thicker and shinier than my own hair. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Kornfeld smiles and pulls up a length of her sheitel hair to reveal a bump under the edge of the wig's cap. ❋ Unknown (2010)

When asked about the belief among some Hasidic Jews that a sheitel should be ugly, Lipskier is quick to explain. ❋ Unknown (2010)

By wearing the sheitel, a woman invests her true appearance and real self in the most important place in her life, her marriage. ❋ Unknown (2010)

For a new sheitel, clients seek out Wuensch just prior to marriage and often before major Jewish holidays. ❋ Unknown (2010)

As a sheitel macher, Wuensch is skilled in the craft of fitting, customizing, cutting, styling, cleaning and reviving sheitels. ❋ Unknown (2010)