129 Torah Book & Portion, Book of Deuteronomy, Re'eh (Deuteronomy 11:26–16:17), Source Book Keys, CHINUCH DEUTERONOMY | 14:1 incisions — DEUT666 Do not make incisions on your skin as a s... DEUT666 Do not make incisions on your skin as a sign of grief over the dead. … our nation was chosen by Hashem to possess His Torah. In that we possess His precious wisdom as embodied by the Torah, it is not fitting that we be grief-stricken by any of His deeds. We are to mourn death only in the manner prescribed in His Torah [See [[LEV868]] Leviticus 21:2 impure CHINUCH 168-9], but to act like fools and intentionally hurt ourselves and damage our bodies is forbidden. Such is not the way of the wise and the understanding. Such practices are for ignoramuses and lowly people who know nothing of Hashem's ways and wondrous deeds. Share Print Source KeyCHINUCHVerse14:1Keyword(s)incisionsSource Page(s)305-6 Switch article DEUTERONOMY | 14:1 gash — DEUT664 See [[GEN693]] Genesis 9:5 reckoning DORF... Previous Article DEUTERONOMY | 14:1 shattered — DEUT667 How, though, were those who remained part... Next Article