Sheitel
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Sheitel describes a wig worn by Orthodox Jewish women in order to cover their heads. This practice is part of the dress standard called Tzeniut.
This is worn in place of a snood for fashion reasons. In certain sects sheitels are avoided for they can give the impression that the wearer's head is uncovered. In other Hasidic groups women wear some type of covering over the sheitel to avoid this misconception. The Lubavitcher Rebbe, however, instructed his followers to wear only sheitels.
In 2005 there was a large controversy over sheitels, as the majority of sheitels are produced in India, and it was discovered that the hair used for these wigs came from an Indian religious ritual. According to Halakha, Jewish law, one cannot derive benefit from anything used in idolatry.
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