Ripping up photos

[blackhorse]

Hi

Has anyone else heard of the thing about not ripping up photos if they have people on them? Where does it come from?

Thanks

[Jac]

Good question. I've wondered at this myself-I've been told of the custom, but with no sources, backing, or reasoning.

Anyone?

[Shmoozer]

How about when you write down a living persons name ( in Hebrew) and then if you need to erase the name... i heard you must write other letters on top of it, in order to erase it.
Is it possible that this action goes under the same category?

[zaque36]

maybe it has something to do with like how ur not supposed to say bad things (tear u up like a fish...) cuz they come true...

shmoozer-never heard of that (but then again, that doesn't mean much...)

[Shmoozer]

Zaque, how would ripping up a picture make something come true?
Also maybe it can be compared to blowing out a candle, where its like blowing out someones neshama. Perhaps ripping up a picture has some same sort of effect.

[hashliach]

The Rebbe said numerous times that when someone wants to be Mekushar to the Rebbe he should look at a picture of the Rebbe and then he will "be" with the Rebbe (ofcoure he is always with the Rebbe). So we see that a picture of someone has a direct connection with the person, and perhaps this is the reason that we shouldn't tear up a picturre of the person.

[AskMoses]

And also the famous story of someone who threw a shoe at the Rebbe's pic. or video (heard many diff. versions....) b/c he was upset, and later when before the Rebbe the Rebbe said that the shoe still hurt...

[shmush]

Originally posted by AskMoses
And also the famous story of someone who threw a shoe at the Rebbe's pic. or video (heard many diff. versions....)


it was a picture

[HoravDave]

Originally posted by Shmoozer
How about when you write down a living persons name ( in Hebrew) and then if you need to erase the name... i heard you must write other letters on top of it, in order to erase it.
Is it possible that this action goes under the same category?
I am pretty sure that I have seen Kisvei yad where the Rebbe crooses out a name, though when it said Cha"k Admu"r the Rebbe would circle it as a sign that it sould be taken out.

[YechiHamelech]

Originally posted by blackhorse
Hi

Has anyone else heard of the thing about not ripping up photos if they have people on them? Where does it come from?



<<<I never heard of such a thing. Does this also applying by the pic.'s of non jews? >>>

[iamachassid]

when I writew someone's name I write -n or -s for ben or bas. i heard thats ok.

[Asher S]

A Rav once told me not to cross out people's names, although without citing a source. Maybe, its because your name is your source of Chayus, which should not ch"v be crossed out.

[Bittul]

If you've noticed the Rebbe never crossed out the FR's name, just circled it and drew a line to take it out. Don't know if that was the same for all names.

[HoravDave]

I happen to have seen many (photocopys) of the Rebbe's ksav-yad-kodesh, and can say from what I have seen.

The Rebbe would cross out other peoples names, (see for example Teshurah from the Belinov wedding 4 Tammuz 5758 p. 66).

However, the Rebbe would circle the Rebbeims names, (see [off the top of my head] Teshurah from Vaad Talmidei Hatmimim 11 Nissan 5762 the Rebbe circled the Rebbe Rashabs name, and i've seen it many more times like that.)