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 #Rambam and Rabbi Eliezer of Metz: dressing as a member of the opposite gender is forbidden under all circumstances
 # Rav Chaim Kanievsky says in the name of the Chazon Ish that cross dressing on Purim is inappropriate even for children
-#Hacham Ovadia Yosef rules that one may not dress up as a member of the opposite gender on Purim, or allow his sons to dress as girls or his daughters to dress as boys.
+# Rav Dovid Feinstein ruled that wearing a women's wig would constitute a simlas isha and would be prohibited. <ref> http://matzav.com/rav-dovid-feinstein-purim-halacha-tidbits </ref>
-# A question was posed to Rav Dovid Feinstein as to whether wearing a woman’s wig on Purim in order to give the impression of long hair, while being dressed as a male, would be considered simlas isha. Rav Dovid Feinstein ruled that it would be considered simlas isha.
+# Chacham Ovadyah Yosef forbids any costumes that involve cross-dressing on Purim. <ref>Chazon Ovadyah Purim pg 199, Yalkut Yosef pocket-size Moadim pg 494, Sh"t Yabia Omer YD 5:14 and Yechave Daat 5:50 </ref>
-# Rav Ovadyah Yosef in Chazon Ovadyah (Purim pg 199) forbids any costumes that involve cross-dressing on Purim.
 # There is a custom to wear Yom Tov clothing on Purim starting the night of Purim. <ref>Torat HaMoadim (Purim 8:1) </ref>
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