Tattoos & Body Piercing: Difference between revisions
From Halachipedia
(Removed halachot of "Body Piercings" for further review.) |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
==The prohibition of tattoos== | ==The prohibition of tattoos== | ||
#It is forbidden to get tattooed.<ref>Vayikra 19:28, Makot 21a. 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> | ||
==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. | |||
# Men should refrain from getting body piercings. | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
Revision as of 08:10, 2 May 2013
The prohibition of tattoos
- It is forbidden to get tattooed.[1]
Body Piercings
- There is no specific prohibition forbidding body piercings. However, if one's health would be affected, they may not be done.
- Men should refrain from getting body piercings.
Sources
- ↑ 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).
