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==The prohibition of tattoos== | ==The prohibition of tattoos== | ||
#It is forbidden to get tattooed.<ref>Vayikra 19:28, Makot 21a; see Rashi. One is not chayav unless there is both writing and engraving. Pouring ash on a wound is also forbidden because it looks like a tattoo even though there is no writing or engraving(Makot 21a).</ref> | #It is forbidden to get tattooed.<ref>Vayikra 19:28, Makot 21a; see Rashi. One is not chayav unless there is both writing and engraving. Pouring ash on a wound is also forbidden because it looks like a tattoo even though there is no writing or engraving(Makot 21a).</ref> |