Women’s Inner Test In This Generation
Question:
1) Recently the Rav said that the immodest wigs of today are the “outer part of the challenge” for women in this generation. What then is the inner test for women in this generation?
Answer:
To have emunah peshutah (simple, unquestioning faith in Hashem) and temimus (earnestness, remaining loyal to Hashem): To disconnect from the “50th level of tumah” (the internet) and to instead become connected to the 50th level of kedushah [which is essentially emunah peshutah and temimus], to reveal their intrinsic connection to Hashem.
Question:
2) In the last few years there have been issues revolving wigs for women: Possible issues of avodah zarah (idol worship) in the wigs that are manufactured today, the long and unrefined sheitels, and new-style sheitels called “lace-cap” which the Poskim have recently forbidden to wear. Is this all the concept of Keser d’Kelipah, the crown on the side of evil? Or are each of these a separate discussion?
Answer:
It is all the same root. Idol worship (avodah zarah) is rooted in the chalal, the empty space in Creation which is devoid of Hashem’s infinite light, and that is where the 50th Gate of Impurity is rooted. It is essentially the heh-dair, the absence of G-dliness, which is manifest as an evil nature to present itself as the true Yeish/Existence that counters the true Yeish that is Hashem. That is the ideal of idol worship, a false version of Yeish/Existence which presents itself as the true Yeish/Existence and which nurses its vitality from the imprint of original infinite light that remained in the empty void.
