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hello Rabbi zamir Cohen I wanted to ask about why it is forbidden to get a tattoo made when it is allowed to get permanent makeup which is done similarly to a tattoo permanent makeup is also not entirely allowed the Torah says do not put tattoo marks on yourselves you are a holy people to your God who has created you with a beautiful body do not desecrate it do not ruin it even if you think the tattoo is decorative it's like someone going to the Louver Museum in France taking a piece of art say the France taking a piece of art say the Mona Lisa which I know is worth a lot of money and saying I think I'll add some more decoration here they would take him to jail you have destroyed millions of dollars by adding that decoration God has made a masterpiece which is the human body why you desecrating it why you ruining it you are a holy people to the Lord your God the Torah prohibits getting a tattoo like eating pork one must be careful not like today when it has become a fashion in these weeks for some reason there were those who wanted to commemorate the fallen and got
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- 1:30arrive in the world to come wherever they go they are ashamed of how they look…
- 2:01should repent for what was done and commit for the future permanent makeup is something else…
- 2:31the time so in times of necessity it's permitted so there's no comparison between the two…
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