I've never heard of that, but it would amuse me to hear my dad's response to that.

hey jill- in the Vayafta, prayer following the Shema (clearly these are all transliterated) it says "and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes and upon your hands. . . " now, knowing the way this is interpreted, you will say that that is the reason for the use of tefillin- and mezuzot- but, some use this as the justification for why tattooing is acceptable since it never says WHAT you are supposed to use as frontlets between your eyes. it only commands us to acknowledge these holy spaces and use them to praise g-d as the only g-d. some say that people would tattoo themselves between their eyes and on their hands, others would totally disagree with this idea. just a midrash, i justify my tats with the idea that beacuse i was made b'tzelem eloheim- in the image of g-d, whatever i do with my body makes it holier- enhances it, my intention is by no means desecrating it. l'shalom- jesykah

i love that people are talking about these things.
g-d's image.