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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
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
tattoos you need to explain to them it's
harmful to the deceased you are not
honoring them although your intention is
good and it's nice that you want to
commemorate but not like this if you
want to commemorate start a charity
organization in the name of the deceased
in any field do good deeds organize a
regular weekly lesson at home for the
deceased but not
tattoos the holy Zohar says that when a
person gets a tattoo on their body it
penetrates their soul and when they
arrive in the world to come wherever
they go they are ashamed of how they
look they have a stain on their soul
from that tattoo unless they repent
while living in this world if they
regret it like anything else a person
who failed in observing the Sabbath
something not Kosher they can repent
regret the past commit to the Future
confess abandon the sin encourage others
not to get tattoos this is the
repentance to correct it it is best to
laser remove the tattoo if possible but
even if not at the very least they
should repent for what was done and
commit for the future permanent makeup
is something else it's called permanent
makeup but after a few years it fades
away there are some Torah authorities
that forbid such makeup Maran rabi oad
ysf permitted it in times of necessity
for the sake of human dignity there are
those who have no eyebrows and feel
embarrassed permanent makeup looks like
eyebrows but after a few years it
disappears and needs to be redone it's
not really like a tattoo that stays all
the time so in times of necessity it's
permitted so there's no comparison
between the two
