Chapter 169 – Tattooing and Depilation

164.1) Every Jew has a duty to redeem the firstborn son. 164.2) You should not retract the redemption of a son from a kohen (priest) you have made a promise to. 164.3) Do not redeem the firstborn until he is fully thirty days old. 164.4) The father brings his firstborn before the Kohen, gives him…

143.1) Be extremely careful to revere and fear your father and mother. 143.2) Fear means to show respect. 143.3) Honor means provide them with food, drink, and clothing when they need it. 143.4) Do not awaken them from sleep. 143.5) When asking the favor of a townsmen, do so in the name of your father,…

171.1) A man is forbidden to put on a woman’s garment; a woman is forbidden to put on a man’s garment. 171.2) Men should not remove the hair from their armpits and from their genitals with scissors or a razor. 171.3) A man may not pick gray hairs from amidst black ones, dye his hair,…

151.1) Do not spill semen in vain. 151.2) Do not bring an erection or think about a woman. 151.3) Do not hold the membrane while urinating. 151.4) Do not eat or drink at meals things that heat the body. 151.5) If you have an emission at night, wash in the morning and say a prayer….

184.1) Do not strike your fellow man. 184.2) Do not strike even a disobedient servant. 184.3) Do not throw broken glass any place where it may cause harm to another. 184.5) Do not do anything on your own premise or on public property that may cause harm to another. 184.6) Do not scare another. 184.7)…

197.1) Make shrouds of fine white linen. 197.2) The purification process of bodies is outlined here. 197.3) Opinions differ concerning the capacity of nine kabbim. 197.4) An egg with its shell is beaten up with wine to symbolize the revolving wheel of fortune in the world. 197.5) Do not allow the fingers of the dead…