More and more Judaens around the world are getting tattoos on their bodies despite the clear Biblical prohibition against them. Many Judaens are getting Magen David designs or designs that incorporate the star because to them the symbol represents being Jewish, or a Judaen more properly. These tattoos are not done out of spite but rather out of love and the desire to affiliate with their identity intimately

The funny thing about this, or the sad thing about this, depending on who you ask,  is that while the Magen David represents being Jewish and the State of Israel  in this time in Israelite history, the fact of the matter is that the Magen David has very little to do with the Nation of Israel and the Tribes of Israel historically. There is very little reference of the Magen David in Rabbinic literature and nothing in the Tanach. There is no archeological evidence whatsoever that the Star of David had anything remotely to do with King David even.

How the Star became Judaicized to the level that it has and how it came to even be called the Shield of David, is a similar story to how the name of the exiles from the State of Judea, Judaens, over two millenia came to be called Jews, and Jew-ish. It wasn’t by choice as much as as it happened slowly over time because of external forces.  The problem is that Judaens themselves have institutionalized the symbol and myth of the Magen David and words like Jew and Jewish, therefore perpetuating the problem and the myth, instead of using our proper names .

The Magen David is not a very Judaic symbol at all in contrast to the many specific Judaic images that we do have such as the Menorah, the shape of the ten commandments,  angels and the symbols of the tribes of Israel, just to name a few better ideas for tattoos. Jews are not supposed to have tattoos however if you are going to get a Judaic tattoo, then get a truly Judaic image.

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There is no denying that…

…In the beginning of World War Two, the German Nazis began a systematic process of purging all of the territories in its control of a long list of un-desireables, according to their definitions. Jews were not the only victims; millions of people other than Jews of various other backgrounds and religions and beliefs and orientations were systematically rounded up and slaughtered by the Nazis.

If the un-desireable/s were not killed immediately by summary executions they were sent to camps for slave labor or worse. We know this to be an irrefutable historical truth because of proofs exist like thousands of testimonies of the victims who survived, witness testimonies, the German Nazi’s damning records, film and photographic footage and the actual sites.

It is a matter of irrefutable historical fact that the German Nazis built many camps whose sole purpose was to be industrial sized factories of slave labor and death. We know that this is absolutely true because of things like thousand or so testimonies of the victims who survived the horrors, witness testimonies, the German Nazi’s damning records, Allied classified documents recently unclassified, film and photographic footage and the actual sites.

In fact, here is film footage taken from World War Two from a concentration camp where young, presumably Jewish children were tattooed. The actual tattooing done in the camps is explained a few paragraphs farther down.

The reason why I wrote this article is because their are allegations and strongly held opinions by people within the tattoo world as well as outside of it, that claim that the Holocaust never happened or that six millions plus Jews never were murdered or that the number is grossly exaggerated. The deniers will rationalize that the video footage above as irrelevant evidence that was forged or misidentified. These allegations that the Holocaust did not happen or that less than many millions of Jews were murdered in an industrial manner, are absurd to the point of criminal malice because of the sheer volume of evidence that exists besides one youtube video. However the absurd has reached epic, Borat proportions because if you have not heard the President of Iran Mahmoud Ahminijiad, publicly questions the Holocaust from public, government sanctioned podiums, inferring that the entire post-war Governments of Germany and the Allies have been lying en masse for the last sixty years, unbelievably. One has to ask in leu of the irrefutable fact of the Holocaust, why are people so aggressive in their denial of the Holocaust?

Need it be stated again that millions of people other than Jews of various other backgrounds and religions and beliefs and orientations were systematically rounded up and slaughtered by the Nazis? Jews were not the only prisoners who bore SS tattoos. Homosexuals, the mentally ill, Soviet prisoners of war, Poles, Communists, Jehovah’s Witnesses, blacks and the Roma were also tattooed in forced labor concentration camps. Only ethnic Germans and police prisoners escaped the degrading registration tattoos.

When the President of Iran, perhaps you, or someone that you know, or anyone else for that matter questions whether or not the Holocaust really happened or if six million plus Jews were really murdered, the inherent result is that the tens of millions of non Jewish victims of the Austrian-German terror machine are thus disrespected and dishonored, and that is not just anti-Semitism but anti-humanityism.

The phenomenon of History revision and Holocaust denial and even irrational Anti-Semitism must be called out for what it is, which is Anti-Humanity. It is unacceptable and has no place among civilization.

We often hear the number six million Jews stated over and over and over, but what you are not aware of is that one of every three Jews on earth was hunted down and murdered. The scale of the atrocity is simply unparalleled in history. What you are also likely not aware of is that entire, ancient clans and dynasties of Gypsies and other ethnic groups were completely and utterly, ruthlessly exterminated and were left without anyone left alive to honor their memory. They are forgotten by everyone and yet disgusting people like the President of Iran and anyone like him deny how they died, adding insult to the atrocity.

The President of Iran and others want proof? Six computer hard drives bearing electronic images of 20 million pages and 17.5 million names on file are arriving to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington. The Hard Drives hold the scanned German Nazi paper files that the papers were gathered by the Allies after the war and stored in a disused SS barracks in Bad Arolsen, never to be seen by anyone really until now. The records were kept locked up and unseen until now because it took fifty years for all of the Allied nations to meet and agree and amend their international agreements signed at the end of World War Two.

CBS Television 60 Minutes, recently did a episode on the explosive, self-incriminating archive. The archive is is damning evidence proving that more than six million Jews and over ten million non Jews were indeed murdered.

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=2274705n

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The Evolution of Tattooing in the Auschwitz Concentration Camp Complex
By George Rosenthal, Trenton, NJ
Auschwitz Survivor, based on documents obtained from The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

For many, the blurred blue lines of a serial number on a forearm are an indelible image of the Holocaust. The tattoos of the survivors have come to symbolize the utter brutality and of the concentration camps and the attempt of the Nazis to dehumanize their victims. The tattoos are also a testament to the resilience of those who bear them. Yet despite the importance of the tattoos, as testament, symbol, and historical artifact, little scholarship has been devoted to the subject. There exist virtually no official period documents relating to the practice; what we know stems from anecdotal evidence contained in camp records and the accounts of those who were at the camps.

The Auschwitz Concentration Camp Complex (including Auschwitz 1, AuschwitzBirkenau, and Monowitz) was the only location in which prisoners were systematically tattooed during the Holocaust. Prior to tattooing, several means of identifying prisoners, both by number and by category, had been implemented; serial numbers were the main method. When they arrived at the camp, prisoners were issued serial numbers which were then sewn to their prison uniforms. These serial numbers were most often accompanied by different shapes, symbols or letters which identified the status, nationality, or religion of the prisoner. This practice continued even after tattooing was introduced.

The sequence according to which serial numbers were issued evolved over time. The numbering scheme was divided into “regular,” AU, Z, EH, A, and B series’. The “regular” series consisted of a consecutive numerical series that was used, in the early phase of the Auschwitz concentration camp, to identify Poles, Jews, and most other prisoners (all male). This series was used from May 1940-January 1945, although the population that it identified evolved over time. Following the introduction of other categories of prisoners into the camp, the numbering scheme became more complex. The “AU” series denoted Soviet prisoners of war, while the “Z” series (with the “Z” standing for the German word for Gypsy, Zigeuner) designated the Romany. These identifying letters preceded the tattooed serial numbers after they were instituted. “EH” designated prisoners that had been sent for “reeducation” (Erziehungshäftlinge). These prisoners had either refused to work at forced labor or had been accused of working in a manner that was not found satisfactory. They were sent to the concentration camps or to special “Labor Education Camps” (Arbeitserziehungslager) for a specified period of time not to exceed 56 days. Initially their serial numbers belonged to the regular series; in February 1942 a separate series was instituted for the EH category and their old registration numbers were reassigned.¹

Women were not issued numbers from the same series as the men. The first female prisoners arrived in March of 1942; they were issued numbers in a new “regular” series, just as the men had been. As the number of female prisoners brought to the camp escalated, new number series were started in the respective categories.

In May 1944, numbers in the “A” series and the “B” series were first issued to Jewish prisoners, beginning with the men on May 13th and the women on May 16th. The “A” series was to be completed with 20,000; however an error led to the women being numbered to 25,378 before the “B” series was begun. The intention was to work through the entire alphabet with 20,000 numbers being issued in each letter series. In each series, men and women had their own separate numerical series, ostensibly beginning with number 1.

There were, however, many exceptions to this rule and the extant information regarding serial numbers is but one of the tools for determining the number of prisoners that came through the Auschwitz camp complex. Prisoners selected for immediate extermination were virtually never issued numbers, and many Soviet prisoners of war and police prisoners (Polizeihäftlinge)* sent from the Myslowice prison due to overcrowding² were not registered.

It is generally accepted that the tattooing of prisoners began with the influx of Soviet prisonersofwar into Auschwitz in 1941. Approximately 12,000 Soviet prisoners of war were brought to and registered in the Auschwitz concentration camp complex between 1941-1945; most arrived in October 1941 from Stalag 308 in Neuhammer. They retained their army uniforms, which were painted with a stripe and the letters SU (Soviet Union) in oil paint. In November, a special commission led by the head of the Kattowitz Gestapo, Dr. Rudolf Mildner, came to Auschwitz. Following the guidelines of an operational order of July 17, 1941, the Soviet prisonersofwar were divided into groups described as “fanatic Communist,” “politically suspect,” “not politically suspect” or “suitable for reeducation.” After a month’s work, the commission had singled out approximately 300 “fanatic Communists.³ Those designated as such were tattooed by means of a metal plate with interchangeable needles attached to it; the plate was impressed into the flesh on the left side of their chests and then dye was rubbed into the wound. The tattoo read AU (for Auschwitz) followed by a number. Other Soviet prisonersofwar had their Identification numbers written on their chests with indelible ink, but this wore off too quickly.4 Thus tattooing of most Soviet prisonersofwar was eventually implemented. Circumstantial evidence indicates that tattooing of prisoners was not systematically implemented in Auschwitz in 1941.

On November 11, 1941, the Polish national holiday, the camp authorities executed 151 prisoners in Auschwitz. Prior to execution, the prisoner’s number was written on either his chest (if he were to be shot at close range) or his leg (if he were to be shot by firing squad). The socalled camp infirmary had also adopted the practice of writing a prisoner’s number on his chest.5

As the number of prisoners brought to the expanding Auschwitz complex rose, so did the death rate. But if a corpse were separated from its uniform, identification was rendered all but impossible. With often hundreds of prisoners dying per day, other methods of identification were needed. In Birkenau, the method used to tattoo the Soviet prisoners of war was implemented for emaciated prisoners whose deaths were imminent; the tattoos were later made with pen and ink on the upper left forearm. By 1942, Jews had become the predominant group represented at Auschwitz. They were tattooed based on numbers in the regular series until 1944; their numbers were preceded by a triangle, most likely to identify them as Jews.

By spring of 1943 most of the prisoners were being tattooed, even those who had been registered previously. There were, however, notable exceptions. Ethnic Germans, reeducation prisoners, police prisoners, and inmates selected for immediate extermination were not tattooed.

While it cannot be determined with absolute certainty, it seems that tattooing was implemented mainly for ease of identification whether in the case of death or escape; the practice continued until the last days of Auschwitz.

Notes

*Polizeihäftlinge is a general term that may be used to indicate anyone arrested by the Gestapo. These prisoners may have been socalled career criminals (Befristeter Vorbeugungshäftlinge, also known in camp jargon as Berufsverbrecher), protective prisoners (Schutzhäfilinge), or reeducation prisoners (Erziehungshäftlinge).

¹Piper, Franciszek and Teresa ¥wiebocka, eds. (trans. Douglas Selvage), Auschwitz Nazi Death Camp (O¥wiecim The AuschwitzBirkenau State Museum in Oswiecim, 1996), p. 62.

²lbid ., p. 66.

³Czech, Danuta, Auschwitz Chronicle 19391945 (New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1990), p. 102.

4Klarsfeld, Serge, ed., Les matricules tatoues des camps d’AuschwitzBirkenau (Beate Klarsfeld Foundation), p. 27.

5Council for the Protection of Monuments of Struggle and Martyrdom (trans. lain W. M. Taylor), Auschwitz: Nazi Extermination Camp (Warsaw: Interpress, 1985), p. 54.

Source: Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies

Leviticus 19:28

Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead,
nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.

The Book of Leviticus – Chapter : 19 Verse : 28

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Compiled by J Andrews

In the holiest language of all languages, Hebrew (Ivrit), the Creator transmitted his Torah (Instruction) to Moses on Mt. Sinai, over three thousand four hundred years ago, commanding the Tribes of Israel (the ancestors of the Jews today) to follow his six hundred and thirteen laws for them to live by, or else. One very specific law out of those six hundred and thirteen laws is that no member of the Tribes of Israel may be tattooed. Unlike many laws in the Torah, such as to lay Phylacteries on the arms and between the eyes, or to attach fringes to the corners of your garments for example, the law regarding the Judaic prohibition against tattoos on members of the Tribes of Israel can be taken literally from the text, which puts it in a unique category of the Creator’s laws that can be understood literally.

What also makes this specific law unique is that the Hebrew word for tattoo (Kaw’akaw – Bottom sentence, second (four letter) word from the right, beside the comma.) is a not a common word or even a pre-existing word found elsewhere,  but rather it is very specifically used in only this one particular and specific location in the Torah. Many words in the Torah have their linguistic roots in Aramaic, however the Aramaic word for tattoo is pronounced Otwoto, which is nothing like the Hebrew word for tattoo.

There is a concept or system in Judaism where the Hebrew letters also serve as numbers and so every Hebrew letter has a numerical equivalent, and this system is known as Gematria. Words that share the same equivalent may have a shared relationship and so the Hebrew word for tattoo is four letters: Kuf, Ayin, Kuf and Ayin. The letter Kuf equals one hundred and the letter Ayin equals seventy, and so it is one hundred + seventy + one hundred + seventy equals three hundred a forty. Other Hebrew words that add up to three hundred and forty are Mitzri (Egyptian), Paras (Persia), Sarisi ( Eunich ), and Shem (Name, also first name of one of Noah’s three sons.).

The Hebrew letter Kuf is the nineteenth letter of the Hebrew Aleph Bet. The Hebrew word and name for the letter Kuf means monkey. What is a monkey? A mimic, as in the well-known adage: “Monkey see, monkey do.” The letter Kuf is also a mimic. It imitates the letter hei.

The Hebrew letter Ayin, is the sixteenth letter of the Hebrew Aleph Bet. Ayin is the Hebrew word for eye, but it’s also used for  source, well, spring, fountain, origin. The letter Ayin’s numerical value, or gematria, equals seventy, which is a number of significance in Judaism. The shape of the letter Ayin resembles an English letter Y, however once upon a time when the shapes of the Hebrew letters were more pictographic in shape and form, the symbol or picture for Ayin was an eye shape or a circle. Through our ayin, or eye, is one of the ways we accept and project positive and negative energy, or vibes or whatever you refer to them as.

By Ben Mordechai

Victoria Beckham

This is the Hebrew on Victoria’s back (from top to bottom across her neck and back, read from right to left here: It’s a quote from Song of Solomon 6:3.

Ah-NEE  le-doh-DEE – Ve-doh-DEE  LEE

Ha-roh-EY ba-shoh-sha-NEEM

Here is a translation (a girl speaks):

I am my love’s
and my love is mine,
who browses among the lilies.

(Song of Solomon 6:3)

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Freedom or Vacation

This tattoo is a tribal style dove with a Hebrew word Chafooshea, written underneath it in a classical Hebrew lettering font. The word is supposed to be Choofsha or freedom in English . The entire tattoo is proablly themed FREE BIRD. The dots underneath the Hebrew letters are vowel markings called nekudot which tell the reader how to exactly pronounce the word; Choofsha or freedom. But this tattoo has incorrect markings which make it spell Chafooshea, which is a non existant Hebrew word, it’s gibberish. It will have to be laser removed if it even can be. The word on the right of the photo is how the dots are supposed to be. This is another example correctly pointed out by Prof. Williams.

But with that critical matter out of the way we still have to consider the aesthetic of the tattoo, was it designed and rendered well? Does it look good? This tattoo does not look too good, the dove’s shading in between the lines is wierd and awkward and the lettering is faded to shite and to top it off, it is gibberish!

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Elohim Tattoo - Gods name

This tattoo incorrectly reads Elohis written / tattooed vertically instead of Elohim, which is one of the names of God written in the Torah. The correction is not too serious and all the tattoo artist would need to do to fix this is square off the bottom and sides of the bottom letter .

But with that critical matter out of the way we still have to consider the aesthetic of the tattoo, was it designed and rendered well? Does it look good? And this tattoo on the left does not look good, it looks like utter shite! And if you are going to get a shite tattoo, do not do it with Gods name! The spacings (kerning) between the letters are terrible! Was this person a midget in size thus forcing it to be pressed together? (I do not know the proper, new politically correct name for midgets, sorry.) Also the width of the letters is totally inconsistent in each letter and the second letter from the top, the Lamed, is huge! This is a really bad tattoo and the fact that it is of the name of god and in Hebrew no less, just cooks my noodles.

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Peace in Biblical Hebrew

When we hear the word peace we usually associate this to mean an absence of war or strife but, the Hebrew meaning of the word shalom has a very different meaning. The verb shalam literally means to make whole or complete. The noun shalom has the more literal meaning of being in a state of wholeness or with no deficiency. The common phrase shalu shalom yerushalayim (pray for the peace of Jerusalem) is not speaking about an abcense of war (though that is part of it) but that Jerusalem (and by extension all of Israel) is complete and whole and goes far beyond the idea of “peace”.

www.ancient-hebrew.org

By Ben Mordechai

Getting a Hebrew lettering tattoo or any tattoo for that matter on one’s body is a very serious matter that should demand serious deliberation well before the tattoo-machine’s needles ever touch the skin. After all, a tattoo is permanent, literally, and a tattooed mistake is with a person for life; because tattoo removal is not yet an exact science.

Getting a tattoo in any foreign language comes with a certain amount of risk because it is a foreign language that may have multiple meanings. Bad Hebrew lettering tattoos are either the fault of the wearer because s/he did not research their design / text properly and as a result of which, they ended up with incorrect Hebrew or worse or the fault of the tattoo artist because s/he did not execute the tattoo professionally. In order for anyone to get a tattoo there are a logical set of steps which should be done by anyone considering getting a tattoo, which will be discussed in another article “How to get your Hebrew tattoo”.

Chai or Hi?