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amother
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 Mon, Feb 16 2015, 1:22 am
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I've seen this a few times and am wondering. When a chasidish lady makes a Bracha why does she put her hand on top of her head as if covering it? She's wearing a wig and puts her hand over head and then makes a Bracha. I've seen this done a few times and wondering y?
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zaq
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Mon, Feb 16 2015, 8:48 am
Never seen this but I have seen guys do this if they didn't have a kippah and someone was making them say a bracha at a community event or something. That is obviously because they know they should be wearing kissui rosh.
Maybe the chassidish lady is making sure her sheitel is on properly?
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amother
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Mon, Feb 16 2015, 8:54 am
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I've never seen or heard of this. I'm chassidish.
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amother
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Mon, Feb 16 2015, 8:57 am
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Mistameh this was picked up, consciously or otherwise, from men who readjust the set of their yarmulke, or just make sure it's still there, before making a brocho. That doesn't explain why this is done by chassistehs and nobody else, other than that chassidim have lots of minhogim that nobody else does.
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Maya
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Mon, Feb 16 2015, 9:06 am
I call the OP's bluff.
Never in thirty years as a member of the community have I seen a woman hold her hand over her head as she made a bracha. Men, yes, they do it all the time if they're not wearing a hat.
If a woman holds that she needs two head coverings, she's either wearing a hat on top of her sheitel or she's wearing something underneath the sheitel.
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amother
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Mon, Feb 16 2015, 9:08 am
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A hand is not considered a cover, so even a man who covers his head with his hand is not accomplishing anything.
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amother
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Mon, Feb 16 2015, 9:10 am
| Maya wrote: | I call the OP's bluff.
Never in thirty years as a member of the community have I seen a woman hold her hand over her head as she made a bracha. Men, yes, they do it all the time if they're not wearing a hat.
If a woman holds that she needs two head coverings, she's either wearing a hat on top of her sheitel or she's wearing something underneath the sheitel. |
Op here ,
Dnt believe me but I've seen it a few times.
And I did not knw some women hold that they need two coverings. So maybe that could be the reason .
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gp2.0
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Mon, Feb 16 2015, 9:15 am
| amother wrote: | | A hand is not considered a cover, so even a man who covers his head with his hand is not accomplishing anything. |
They put their arm on their head, using their sleeve as a cover.
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amother
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Mon, Feb 16 2015, 9:16 am
| amother wrote: | Op here ,
Dnt believe me but I've seen it a few times.
And I did not knw some women hold that they need two coverings. So maybe that could be the reason . |
All charedi men hold that they need two coverings, that's why they wear a kippa and a hat for davening. And even more so, that's actually why they wear the felt kippas, because they're two layered.
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amother
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Mon, Feb 16 2015, 6:36 pm
| gp2.0 wrote: | | They put their arm on their head, using their sleeve as a cover. |
Yes that's what I meant by saying hand.
Anyone know what I'm talking about? Could it be that the wig covering is not enough for blessing/prayers?
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amother
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Tue, Feb 17 2015, 2:17 am
| amother wrote: | Yes that's what I meant by saying hand.
Anyone know what I'm talking about? Could it be that the wig covering is not enough for blessing/prayers? |
If they are only wearing a wig, then it's not enough, according to some shittas, and they need to cover with two coverings for blessings.
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