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Rabbi's ban on Hindu hair fails

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Despite a Jewish rabbi’s fiat against using wigs made of hair offered to Hindu Gods, the demand for human hair offered by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) at Tirupati has not waned a bit.

Last month, a leading Israeli rabbi created a storm by prohibiting women from using wigs made of hair from India. Rabbi Shalom Elyashiv said he was worried that the hair had been cut as an offering to Hindu gods, which would make the use of such hair idolatrous under Jewish law. ...

The Lord Venkateswara Temple at Tirumala attracts more pilgrims than Jerusalem, Rome and Mecca -around 1.8 crore every year- and most of them offer their hair to the Lord in reverence. Hundreds of barbers shave around 12,000 pilgrims a day, enabling the TTD to auction 75 tonnes of hair annually, earning around Rs 25 crore last year.

Jewish dictum fails to affect sale of hair

Richard Evans Lee
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THE RABBI IS RIGHT.THE HOLY BIBLE TELLS CHRISTIANS NOT TO EAT MEAT SACRAFICED TO IDOLS.AS NOTED IN DANIEL.TEMPLE HAIR IS SACRAFICED TO A DEMON DIETY.WHY WOULD THE GOD OF THE HOLY BIBLE,SUPPORT THIS PRACTICE?

Posted by: MINISTER | October 10, 2005 10:52 AM

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