First, to answer Herga Kittys' question, this ban was not put into effect without careful research. It was proclaimed by Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv of Jerusalem who is universally recognized as the supreme decisor of Torah law (Halacha in Hebrew), after sending Rabbi Aharon Dunner, who is the chief of London's supreme rabbinical court (beis din in Hebrew) to India to carefully investigate the situation. What he found out was that the hair from the Hindu temples was being purchased by wholesalers and mixed in with the other Indian hair, thereby rendering all Indian hair as non-kosher. What was also disturbing was that even wig makers who advertised all European hair in their wigs, were mixing in some of the cheaper Indian hair in order to lower costs. As a result the Rabbinical law as it now stands states that "All wigs containing human hair, no matter what their origin is, must carry a certificate of endorsement from a reliable Orthodox Rabbi, certifying that it is free of Indian hair", just like food products do. This ruling does not apply to wigs that are 100% synthetic. SOL ZELLER