Who knew?
It is actually possible to learn something from daytime TV... I did!
I waswatching listening to a TV show that I'm too embarrassed to admit was on (in the background!), and I learned that, historically, Jews with tattoos are not permitted to be buried in Jewish cemetaries.
Who knew? And who knew I could learn something from daytime TV?
Well, I suppose that lots of folks knew the former, although maybe not the latter. So, I googled away and found out that Leviticus 19:28 proscribes orthodox followers from permanently marking or cutting their skin -- so no piercings or tattoos.
But as this thread points out, what about circumcision? Well, actually, the text prohibits cuts in the flesh for the dead -- which means no ritual cutting in mourning-- so piercings are actually permissible, but tattoos and other markings remain verboten.
Now I'm off to the library to engage my brain.
I was
Who knew? And who knew I could learn something from daytime TV?
Well, I suppose that lots of folks knew the former, although maybe not the latter. So, I googled away and found out that Leviticus 19:28 proscribes orthodox followers from permanently marking or cutting their skin -- so no piercings or tattoos.
But as this thread points out, what about circumcision? Well, actually, the text prohibits cuts in the flesh for the dead -- which means no ritual cutting in mourning-- so piercings are actually permissible, but tattoos and other markings remain verboten.
Now I'm off to the library to engage my brain.
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