Editing Haredi Judaism (section)

=== Dress ===
[[File:לבוש מסורתי ביישוב הישן.jpg|thumb|Styles of Haredi dress]]
[[File:Haredi (Orthodox) Jewish Couples at Bus Stop - Outside Old City - Jerusalem (5684561290).jpg|thumb|Typical Haredi dress for men and women]]
[[File:Batei_Mahase_street,_Old_Jerusalem_(2014).jpg|thumb|A Haredi couple in typical clothing]]

The standard mode of dress for males of the Lithuanian stream is a black or navy suit and a white shirt.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Israel: An Introduction |author=Barry Rubin |publisher=Yale University Press |year=2012 |page=162}}</ref> Headgear includes black [[Fedora]] or [[Homburg (hat)|Homburg]] hats, with black [[yarmulka|skull caps]]. Pre-war Lithuanian yeshiva students also wore light coloured suits, along with beige or grey hats,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shamash.org/lists/scj-faq/HTML/faq/11-01-06.html |title=Question 11.1.6: Dress: Why do some Orthodox Jews, especially Chassidim, wear a distinctive style of clothing (i. e., fur hats, black coats, gartel)? |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160510042843/http://www.shamash.org/lists/scj-faq/HTML/faq/11-01-06.html |archive-date=2016-05-10 |website=Soc.Culture.Jewish Newsgroups |quote=The style of hat varies by groups, and the black hat is relatively modern. In the pre-war Lithuanian Yeshivot, grey suits and grey fedoras were the style, and many in the Litvish tradition still wear grey and blue suits.}}</ref> and prior to the 1990s, it was common for Americans of the Lithuanian stream to wear coloured shirts throughout the week, reserving white shirts for [[Shabbat|Shabbos]].<ref>''What Kind of Frum Am I?'', Rebbetzin Esther Reisman, Binah Magazine, December 23, 2019 (vol. 13, no. 664), p. 34: In the 1970s and '80s, most ''bachurim'' [yeshiva students] did not wear white shirts. My husband [Rabbi [[Yisroel Reisman]]] and most of his friends wore colored shirts during the week and white shirts on Shabbos. In looking at group photographs of ''talmidim'' [students] and ''Rebbeim'' [rabbinic teachers] of this ''tekufah'' [era], one is struck by the colorful attire of the ''talmidim''.</ref>

Beards are common among Haredi and many other Orthodox Jewish men, and Hasidic men will almost never be clean-shaven.

Women adhere to the [[Tzniut|laws of modest dress]], and wear long skirts and sleeves, high necklines, and, if married, some form of hair covering.<ref>{{harvnb|Hoffman|2011|p=90}}<!-- "Most men have beards, many dress in dark suits, and wear a wide-brimmed black hat and wear a skullcap at all times. Women adhere to meticulous modesty standards, and hence wear long skirts and long sleeves, high necklines, and some form of head covering or wig after marriage." --></ref> Haredi women never wear trousers, although most do wear pajama-trousers within the home at night.<ref name="peopleil" />

Over the years, it has become popular among some Haredi women to wear ''[[sheitel]]s'' (wigs), that are thought to be more attractive than their own natural hair (drawing criticism from some more conservative Haredi rabbis). Mainstream Sephardi Haredi rabbi [[Ovadia Yosef]] forbade the wearing of wigs altogether.<ref>{{cite news |last=Galahar |first=Ari |title=Rabbi Yosef comes out against wig-wearing|newspaper=Ynetnews |date=6 September 2010 |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3949586,00.html|publisher=Ynetnews.com|access-date=31 January 2014}}</ref> Haredi women often dress more freely and casually within the home, as long as the body remains covered in accordance with the ''halakha''. More modernized Haredi women are somewhat more lenient in matters of their dress, and some follow the latest trends and fashions, while conforming to ''halakha''.<ref name=peopleil>{{cite web |url=http://www.peopleil.org/details.aspx?itemID=7550 |title=A long article explaining the characteristics of female Haredi dress inside and outside the house |publisher=Peopleil.org |access-date=2014-03-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101153352/http://www.peopleil.org/details.aspx?itemID=7550 |archive-date=2013-11-01 }}</ref>

Non-Lithuanian Hasidic men and women differ from the Lithuanian stream by having a much more [[Hasidic Judaism#Dress|specific dress code]], the most obvious difference for men being the full-length suit jacket (''[[rekel]]'') on weekdays, and the fur hat (''[[shtreimel]]'') and silk caftan (''[[bekishe]]'') on the Sabbath.