All Jews Are Responsible For One Another
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 02:58:56 EST
Subject: ?
To: [email protected]
Why do you care what people do with their bodies? Get a better hobby man, I know you might mean well, but this is just silly.
Peace,
O. (the tattooed jew)
: )
Peace unto you O.!
If you are advocating the "live and let live" philosophy,
you should know that Judaism is diametrically opposed to this. The Torah says
"You shall not hate your brother in your heart;
you shall surely rebuke your friend, and you shall not bear sin upon him (Vayikra 19:17,
Maimonides Laws of Character ch.6).
Our Rabbis taught us (Shavuot 39A) "all Jews are responsible
for one another".
Why do I care what people do with their bodies? Because if
a Jew gets a tattoo, he is violating a Torah precept. I, as a Jew,
am obligated to tell him that what he is doing is wrong.
If you saw that one of your loved ones was about to make a terrible
mistake or commit a crime would you say "live and let live" or would you
speak up and tell him what you think? If you picked the first option, then
you don't really love him.
Since you describe yourself as "the tattooed Jew" I guess
you already have one or more tattoos. How should we
deal with spilled milk? See
http://www.aish.com/literacy/concepts/Teshuvah_-_Fixing_Mistakes.asp
for an answer.
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 14:56:57 -0500
Subject: why do you care what people do with their bodies?
To: [email protected]
Thank you for sharing your ideas with me. Although I disagree
personally, what you say does make sense. After all, as Jews we are surely all
in this together. I will check your links as I am always interested in
viewing all sides and as many perspectives as possible.
Peace,
O.
BACK TO YOUR FEEDBACK
BACK TO "TATTOOS ARE NOT FOR JEWS"