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==Body Piercings== | ==Body Piercings== | ||
# There is no specific prohibition forbidding body piercings. However, if one's health would be affected, they may not be done. <REF>{{NoSource}}There are references in the Torah regarding piercings among both men & women with no specific objection; however, should one's health become compromised as a result, we are to stay away due to the obligation to care for our bodies.</REF> | # There is no specific prohibition forbidding body piercings. However, if one's health would be affected, they may not be done. <REF>{{NoSource}}There are references in the Torah regarding piercings among both men & women with no specific objection; however, should one's health become compromised as a result, we are to stay away due to the obligation to care for our bodies. However, there is a Tannaic discussion regarding whether or not one may harm oneself. It comes out in the Gemara that one may not harm oneself but if one did so, they would be exempt from lashes(since there's no explicit prohibition). The prohibition against harming oneself is only when it's unnecessary; for health reasons, it's permitted.</REF> | ||
# Men should refrain from getting body piercings.<REF>{{NoSource}}</REF> | # Men should refrain from getting body piercings.<REF>{{NoSource}}</REF> | ||
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