Wearing a toupee

Question

If one wears a toupee that covers approximately what a normal kippa would cover, does he also need to wear a kippa?

Does it depend on whether or not people know it's a toupee and not just his normal hair?

It sounds mamosh pashut that it counts either way, but no source. — Hacham Gabriel, Apr 15 '12 at 22:27
See my answer here I think the same applies to this situation. — Baal Shemot Tovot, Apr 16 '12 at 00:38
@: If you think that's the answer, please post it as an answer. — wizlog, Apr 16 '12 at 01:52
@DoubleAA, well, I was thinking of creating a [tag:prosthetic] tag for the occasion and adding it to other questions, too, but realized that the other questions were tagged [tag:handicap-disabled-impair] (so that the new tag would be kinda redundant) and decided that that applies here, too, inasmuch as someone needing a toupee is impaired with respect to the growth of hair. — msh210, Apr 19 '12 at 19:23

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 18 '12 at 20:10

Mishna B'rura (2:12) writes that there are those who say that a toupee-wearer must wear a kippa on top of it because of maris ayin, but there are others who say it's not necessary.

In other words: technically, it is a valid head-covering. But since we are worried that people will think that the toupee is his real hair and that he is not wearing a head covering, some say that he must wear an additional (clearly visible) head covering above it. [See also P'ri Megadim (EE 91:4).]

This would imply that if it is obvious that it is not his real hair (e.g. a clown wearing a rainbow wig), then an additional kippa is unnecessary. For practical issues, CYLOR.

Not if someone grew an Afro and then dyed it. Then it would look like a rainbow wig! — Adam Mosheh, Apr 18 '12 at 22:40
HaRav Yaakov Kaminetzky in Emet LeYaakov holds the same way. — Hacham Gabriel, Apr 20 '12 at 18:54

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 15 '20 at 12:09

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A married woman need not add a Tichel over her Sheitl. Maaris Aiyen is probably not relevant because those that know the man know he has no hair & those that don't know him Maaris Aiyen doesn't apply. A bad hairpiece can cause a Chilul Hashem.

answered Mar 15 '20 at 12:09

Liz Gerber

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The reason behind wearing a sheitel and the reason behind wearing a kippa are different enough I’m not sure you can generalize from one to the other. – DonielF Mar 15 '20 at 15:04
Or rather: Just like a man should wear an additional head covering over his toupee to avoid maris ayin, so to must a woman wear an additional head covering over her sheitel for the same reason. – Adám Mar 17 '20 at 07:59

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