RECORDING: Hasidic woman checking if my head is shaved,

*Turn on subtitles for English translations*

This is a voice message in Yiddish which I got when I was in the Hasidic community of Kiryas Joel. This woman, Mrs. Fisher, was sent by the children's school organization on modesty to make sure my head was shaved. As she explained, it was necessary to do so before my son could be accepted to the Hasidic school. This was one of my most difficult times in the Hasidic community and I wrote about it and spoke of it in a podcast:

https://friedavizel.com/2012/10/02/women-shaving-all-their-hair/
https://friedavizel.com/2021/08/25/32-of-podcast/