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Haredi burqa sect in Mea Shearim , a Jewish neighbourhood in Jerusalem , 2012 The " Haredi burqa sect " ( Hebrew : נשות השָאלִים Neshót haShalím , lit. ' shawl-wearing women ' ) is a community of Haredi Jews that ordains the full covering of a woman's entire body and face, including her eyes, for the preservation of modesty ( tzniut ) in public. In effect, the community asserts that a Jewish woman must not expose her bare skin to anyone but her husband and immediate family. The garment in question, known as a shal ( שָאל , lit. ' shawl ' ), is also referred to as a frumka —a portmanteau of the Yiddish -language word frum and the Arabic -language word burqa . The Haredi burqa sect, with an estimated population of several hundred people as of 2011 , is primarily concentrated in Israel , and particularly in the Israeli city of Beit Shemesh . These Haredim rarely leave their homes; the married women who do come out in public are accompanied by their daughters, who also don long robes. In both Israel and the Jewish diaspora , the Haredi burqa sect is controversial, even among the broader Haredi community itself. Several notable Haredi religious organizations, including the Jerusalem -based Edah HaChareidis , have issued strong and vocal statements condemning the burqa sect's radical tenets with regard to women's clothing.
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A member of the sect in Meah Shearim The Haredi burqa sect ( Hebrew : נשות השָאלִים Nešót HaŠalím , meaning "Shal(-wearing) Women"), referred in israeli slang as "The Taliban Women" (Heb. נשות הטליבאן Nešót HaTalibán ) is a religious group, primarily concentrated in Israel , in which ultra-Orthodox Jewish ( Haredi ) women claim that modesty calls for a burqa -style covering of the entire body, a shal (plural shalim , English shawl ), including a veil covering the face. The garment, which looks more like a niqab than a burqa, is also called frumka , a play of the word frum ( Yiddish for devout) and burqa. The group, which was estimated to number around 100 in 2008 and several hundred in 2011 , is concentrated in the town of Beit Shemesh . The issue has proven controversial in Haredi circles, with vocal condemnation of the face covering veil by some Haredi organizations, including Edah HaChareidis .
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A member of the sect in Meah Shearim The Haredi burqa sect ( ), is a religious group within Haredi Judaism , primarily concentrated in Israel , which claims that modesty requires a burqa-style covering of a woman's entire body, a shal (plural shalim , "shawl"), including a veil covering the face.The garment is also called frumka , a play of the word frum (Yiddish: "devout") and "burqa". The group, which was estimated to number several hundred in 2011 , is concentrated in the town of Beit Shemesh . The issue has proven controversial in Haredi circles, with vocal condemnation of the face-covering veil by many Haredi organizations, including Edah HaChareidis .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Subgroup of ultra-Orthodox Jewish women A member of the sect in Meah Shearim The Haredi burqa sect ( ), is a religious group within Haredi Judaism , primarily concentrated in Israel , which claims that modesty requires a burqa-style covering of a woman's entire body, a shal (plural shalim , "shawl"), and a veil covering the face. In effect, no skin is exposed to the public. The garment is also called frumka , a play of the word frum ( Yiddish , "devout") and "burqa". The group, which was estimated to number several hundred as of 2011 , is concentrated in the town of Beit Shemesh .Members of the sect rarely leave their homes, and are accompanied by their female children, also dressed in long robes, when they do.The sect's beliefs have proven controversial in Haredi circles, with strong and vocal condemnation of the face-covering veil by many Haredi organizations, including Edah HaChareidis .
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religious group within haredi judaism
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community of haredi jews that ordains the full covering of a woman's entire body and face
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