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What Did Rav Elyashiv ZTL and Rav Shbadron ZTL say About Wigs/ sheitels?

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Rabbi Yaron Reuven

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Delivered before you a lecture that was held from the visit next to our teacher and rabbi the gaon Rav Yosef Shalom Eliyashiv shlita on the 12 of Kislev 5769 (2009). There is one question that everyone has, today all of Israel at large and individually are wrapped in sorrows without end. The most severe being malignant cancer, which kills many people, now (troubles) with parnasa (money) One time in the name of the Chofetz Chaim (ztz"l) said, that the source of the problem is modesty. As it is written in (the book) "Siting From Behind You (Veshav Acharecha) If Hashem is not with us, we have sorrows. If this is true, may I announce this today? The Chofetz Chaim (ztz"l) said it, would it not be true? I received a phone call today from Rechovo. Over there is many problems and many sick people. They ask to do a gathering for reading the book in every place. If the congregation is strengthened with this, to be strengthened is is possible to... but the troubles because of the wigs, it is impossible to fix it This is already rooted with big and good ones. With wigs like these, is nothing but licientousness where there is nothing like it We can't--how can you uproot this? It started from the Great Rabbis, it is not just they refused this. Heads of Yeshivot, Big Tzaddikim, everyone failed in (uprooting) this (problem). Yiddish How did this start, you have this problem! So why did you not take care of this? This is a big outbreak, what is this outbreak? It is not just in the marketplace we failed in this. Literally, Great Complete Tzaddikim along with righteous women, also the woman was a Tzadeket. But this, How can we fix this? The Gaon the Tzaddik Rabbi Shalom Shivdaron witha lecture with a large amount of bachurim in 5739 (1979) The Torah says: "revealing the head of a woman" is a disgrace! We do for her disgraces like the Sotah! Which disgraces do we do to her? We tear open her hair covering; and these women want us to see, the women of Torah Scholars, want to look like the Sotah! This is not a hair covering, (the wigs) are like walking around with no hair covering! Women come and walk around and want to look exactly like they do without wearing any head covering! Stupid one like you! How can you be Yirat Shamayim (G-d fearing) with this? With this you find holiness? How can this be? My grandfather, the genius, Rabbi Shalom Mordecai, the Maharsham from Barzin ztz"l. A Great Gaon (genius) ruled that it is forbidden to speak words of Torah and it is forbidden to say a blessing next to a women wearing a wig! Only if you cover your eyes there is a leniency. Who can show me that there is a posek halacha from generations to generations, anyone, until this generation, anyone who is learned, bring me a posek like this, one who allows (women) to walk around with a wig. This women stands on Erev Shabbat, lights candles and before lighting the candles she says a prayer to Hakodesh Baruch Hu (Hashem), Oye Vey Gevalt! A prayer to Hakodesh Baruch Hu! Her prayer (while wearing a wig) is an abomination!!