I know(1) there is a practice in Chabad for married women to wear a tichel in bed (i.e., with their husbands). I would not be surprised if this is the same in other Chasidic groups, if not in other ultra-Orthodox groups as well.
My understanding is that one reason for this is the mystical idea that married women's hair attracts kelipos, or forces of impurity. (There may also be some influence from the story about Kimchit that "the rafters of her roof had never seen the plaits of her hair" [Talmud, Yoma 47a].)
My questions are:
1) How widespread is this practice? Is it universal in Chabad? Do groups other than Chabad in fact observe it?
2) What is the reason for it understood to be? (i.e., are there other reasons besides the mystical explanation?)
3) How strict is this considered? Is it known among these groups as halacha per se, or minhag, or chumra?
4) Bonus if anyone knows whether people in these groups actually follow this rule.
(I'll up-vote any answer that addresses one or more of these.)
Related: Married woman covering hair
Woman's hair covering in the home or in private
(1) From Chabad shiurim and personal conversations with Chabadniks.
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