I have tattoos. I regret it. I will leave it at, "values change over time, priorities reveal themselves". There is not one single solitary day I do not regret it. I've talked it out with my Torah study leader. I am not allowed to be buried in a Jewish cemetery. - If anyone may benefit from my mistake, please, you can tell your loved ones that someone regrets their tattoos big time... I have about $3,500 worth of tattooing [free from a very talented friend] and every single time I see one millimeter of them... it sorrows my heart. I cannot wear shorts, or t-shirts in a Jewish crowd [I do not want to offend]. I cannot wear a kipah and shorts or t-shirt because it will shame our community.
My fear was in having a family how can I tell my children they cannot do what their father has, foolishly, done? A man from Chabad told me, "You will not need to tell them anything if you raise them in a life of Torah, they will know and understand on their own".
I realize the sin is already done, but I am looking into removing them. I feel as if I truly hate them. I love the art, but... to need to wear long sleeve shirts 365 days a year in SFV heat... perhaps its an apt punishment as it is.
If you ever hear, "Mom and Dad I want a tattoo."
"My friend Ari would like to have a few words with you, and your future..."
BLESS HASHEM I did not get my earlobes stretched out... they don't stretch back, and in SoCal they are very popular. Aboriginal bone through the nose type stuff... and because these people also have tattoos as well... ugh... what's the solution to feeling down? Torah, Torah, Torah!!
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I have a friend, he is not Jewish, he has a "magen david/star of david" tattoo on his arm, because, "he admires the Jewish struggle". He impressed me when he told me this.
IMO for a JEW to get HEBREW tattooed on them is worse than a regular tattoo. Hebrew is a HOLY language.