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I've heard Rabbi Yaron Reuben saying women who do not wear kisui rosh (putting the dispute of wigs as an exception), are like a woman who sinned before her husband. The Rabbi said that the kohen used to first warn about the consequences of drinking the 'Sotah Water' and if she does not acknowledge, the kohen would then pull off the kisui rosh of the woman.
Can I please have a source for this? And also, what is the severity of leaving the hair of a married jewish women without a covering?
Bamidbar chapter 5 verse 18 states that the Kohen would pull off the woman's kisui rosh. Rashi there explains that from here we learn that a woman should have her hair covered. This is consistent with the Talmud's ruling (based on a Tannaic opinion) in Kesubos 72a that a married woman who does not cover her hair is transgressing a biblical commandment. I will also note that according to general opinion this is specifically referring to a married woman and only outside of her home (see Tosafot there).
