After years of complaints about the steady increase in wig prices, a new campaign is taking shape that could bring significant change.
Attorney Nechama Tzivin is advancing an initiative to secure halachic intervention regarding wig pricing, arguing that current prices constitute excessive price gouging that places a heavy burden on many families.
The initiative was sparked by a case in which a wig was reportedly sold for approximately ₪48,000 – about $16,000 USD. According to the organizers, this case illustrates the dramatic rise in wig prices in recent years and underscores the need for intervention by the rabbinical court.
As part of the effort, a formal claim is expected to be filed with Beis Din Rabbonei Chabad in Israel in the coming days. Similar claims are also planned for rabbinical courts serving the Litvish and Chassidic communities, with the goal of developing a broad communal position on the issue.
According to the organizers, the primary request is for the rabbinical courts to examine the matter and consider ways to oversee wig pricing and prevent excessive price inflation, with the aim of easing the financial burden on many families.
As of now, no response has been issued by representatives of the wig industry, nor have they provided an explanation for the high prices of wigs.
7 comments:
And once again the Muslims handle this better than us.
There is no obligation to wear a wig. It's really a cheat, a workaround for a woman who wants to walk around with her hair covered but looking like it's not.
So look over the fence. Muslim women don't wear wigs. They have their hijab. Some are plain, some are fancy. Some are tight, some are loose. But no wigs.
A $16 000 wig is not modest. It's the opposite. Maybe we should be looking at changing that culture already.
The way Garnel keeps singing Arab praises I expect him to convert to Islam already
Why convert ? He sounds like he already is one.
How can you stop som worldeone charging a lot for something?
The bais din should get involved with the price of Bitcoin also. Especially since Bitcoin is essentially worthless.
Wasn't it Rava who said he admired the Persians for some of the things they did? There are other places in the Talmud where Gentiles are complimented for doing good things.
So yes, the Muslims have kept head covering under control and actually practice modesty while the Jews bankrupt themselves to create a workaround that actually defeats the whole point of the mitzvah in the first place.
Because if Judaism becomes affordable, Jews will stop observing it.
Poor people who might otherwise keep kosher will buy treif meat because it's 1/4 the price. If tefillin cost $2000 then people who can barely make rent will buy a cheap, probably non-kosher set or worse, none at all for their sons.
In the alte heim, the Kahal had a committee that supervised the Jewish community's stores to ensure that their prices were in line with the Gentile stores. This is not a new concept.
@ Zako.....rather than address the points made you attack the commentator. What a weak minded little beta of a human you are. A real Nebuch to be pitied.
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