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yesery

Wed, May 05 2021, 5:41 pm

Is it against Halacha to get a tattoo? Or is it permissible?

tigerwife

Wed, May 05 2021, 5:42 pm

It is assur- one of the 613.

scruffy

Wed, May 05 2021, 5:43 pm

You can get a henna tattoo since that's not permanent.

BrisketBoss

Wed, May 05 2021, 5:45 pm

You shall not make gashes in your flesh for the dead, or incise any marks on yourselves: I am the LORD.

Vayikra 19:28

hodeez

Wed, May 05 2021, 5:46 pm

You can't be buried with a tattoo. They have to burn it off 😕

BrisketBoss

Wed, May 05 2021, 5:47 pm

hodeez wrote:

You can't be buried with a tattoo. They have to burn it off 😕

That's a misconception. Jews are allowed to be buried with tattoos in a Jewish cemetery.

shabbatiscoming

Wed, May 05 2021, 5:48 pm

hodeez wrote:

You can't be buried with a tattoo. They have to burn it off 😕

I dont know if thats true since the holocaust.

watergirl

Wed, May 05 2021, 5:58 pm

hodeez wrote:

You can't be buried with a tattoo. They have to burn it off 😕

I never say this under my username, but this is so wrong I have to correct it, and anonymous posting is not enabled in this forum. I used to work with the chevra kaddisha when I lived in a smaller town. This is absolutely false. It could not be more false, and I say that in the strongest possible way. Somebody with a tattoo can absolutely be buried in a Jewish cemetery. Sure, there are some cemeteries that will bury you in a separate section (a “neighborhood” within the cemetery that has people with tattoos, etc. outside of Holocaust survivors) but absolutely within the cemetery itself.

hodeez

Wed, May 05 2021, 6:01 pm

I see I was mistaken

https://www.jcam.org/Pages/Fou.....80%9D

Sorry for that post, not going to edit it because it was quoted a few times.

2cents

Wed, May 05 2021, 6:44 pm

It's not a black and white issue, not simply one of the 613.
Tattoos are assur m'd'oryisa if theyre done as a sign of mourning when one hears of someone's death.
Otherwise they are still assur mdrabbanan.

The practical difference is that because it's not dorysa, there are times when it's muttar. (For disfigurements, etc).

It's also "just" a laav (a commandment not to do something). There is no obligation to remove it once you have it, and it is utterly untrue that you can't be buried in a jewish cemetery with it.

yesery

Wed, May 05 2021, 6:58 pm

Thanks for all that info. Appreciate it

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