Hebrew

[eternlgladiator]

Thanks for the very interesting reply.

not a problem. you won't be the last person to question it so it doesn't hurt to polish my response a bit.

 

[AlphaDogg]

I'm not going to claim to know more than most. I do know that the cemetery thing is a myth (probably started because one cemetery refused one person and then it became urban legend).

I think you are correct. Shrink is probably thinking about the halacha regarding Jews who commit suicide. Halacha states that a Jew who commits suicide cannot be buried with the rest of the Jews.

 

[eternlgladiator]

I think you are correct. Shrink is probably thinking about the halacha regarding Jews who commit suicide. Halacha states that a Jew who commits suicide cannot be buried with the rest of the Jews.

I don't know about suicide specifically but I believe the general consensus is that religion condemns it.

 

[Shrink]

I think you are correct. Shrink is probably thinking about the halacha regarding Jews who commit suicide. Halacha states that a Jew who commits suicide cannot be buried with the rest of the Jews.

You very kindly attribute to me much more knowledge than I have.

Obviously I know nothing, but my comment did not refer to suicide, but to tattoos.

However, considering that my knowledge base approaches zero, thanks for considering that I knew anything at all - no matter how mistaken I might be.

 

[iJohnHenry]

Thanks for the very interesting reply.

Gotta love situational ethics, when reading a Holy Book.

It's fun. Everyone is doing it.

 

[AlphaDogg]

OP: I confirmed with my hebrew teacher that shloshah asar is correct to use for your purposes.

 

[eternlgladiator]

OP: I confirmed with my hebrew teacher that shloshah asar is correct to use for your purposes.

Thanks! Just curious. Did you mention my intention and what did he say? I've not approached my old hebrew teacher since I haven't seen or talked to him in years but that thought did cross mind.

 

[AlphaDogg]

Thanks! Just curious. Did you mention my intention and what did he say? I've not approached my old hebrew teacher since I haven't seen or talked to him in years but that thought did cross mind.

I did mention to her your intentions and she said that it is correct to use the masculine form for your application. She then asked me why you decided on 13 for your tattoo and I told her I have no idea. She thought that maybe it had something to do with a bar mitzvah.

 

[iJohnHenry]

She thought that maybe it had something to do with a bar mitzvah.

Thank you.

Or, he could be celebrating my birthday, the 13th.

 

[eternlgladiator]

I did mention to her your intentions and she said that it is correct to use the masculine form for your application. She then asked me why you decided on 13 for your tattoo and I told her I have no idea. She thought that maybe it had something to do with a bar mitzvah.

Thank you!

 

[Surely]

I do know that the cemetery thing is a myth

I can confirm this. I did quite a bit of research as well. It's a myth. Basically, a sin is a sin is a sin. If sinners weren't allowed to be buried, the cemeteries would be empty. I think it might apply to the shomer shabbos section of the cemetery, but I'm not 100% sure (I didn't research that, as I roll on shabbos).

My thinking is, if I buy a plot, and the cemetery refuses to bury me, my zombie ass will arise and eat their non-kosher brains.

That being said, I'm very secular, and these things do not concern me anymore. I have a number of tattoos, and three of them have hebrew in them.

 

[yg17]

Who cares if it's forbidden by some religious book? If you want a tattoo, get a tattoo.

 

[Tomorrow]

My thinking is, if I buy a plot, and the cemetery refuses to bury me, my zombie ass will arise and eat their non-kosher brains.

Now this is a Jewish stereotype I've never heard before.

Who cares if it's forbidden by some religious book?

You obviously do not, but many people do.

 

[eternlgladiator]

Who cares if it's forbidden by some religious book? If you want a tattoo, get a tattoo.

I care and wether you do or not is not what I'm getting at here.