The length of the hair in a wig | Sheilot

The length of the hair in a wig

Question

What length of hair in a wig is permitted?
I would like to add that many women in the strictly observant Haredi community
wear wigs that go a few centimeters below the shoulder line.
Thank you

Answer

Shalom and blessings 

It is permitted only up to the shoulder. 

Indeed, this is a difficult challenge, and many find it hard to uphold, but this is the halacha. 

Answered 24 July 2026 How answers are reviewed
Rabbi Israel Cohen
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Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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Instructions of our teacher, Rabbi Amram Fried shlita

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