{"id":1256,"date":"2012-08-08T11:29:01","date_gmt":"2012-08-08T18:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=1256"},"modified":"2012-08-04T11:38:04","modified_gmt":"2012-08-04T18:38:04","slug":"men-wearing-earrings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/08\/men-wearing-earrings\/","title":{"rendered":"Men Wearing Earrings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Genesis 35:4<\/strong>, <strong><em>Strange gods \u2026earrings.<\/em><\/strong><em> Strange <\/em>in Hebrew is \u201cforeign\/alien gods\/mighty ones.\u201d Before going up to Bethel to worship before Elohim, Jacob instructed the men to put away their idols and remove their earrings, which this passage links to idol worship. It was acceptable for women to wear earrings (Ezek 16:12), but here, strange gods and earrings are linked.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=1257\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1257\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1257\" title=\"Earing on Man 1 21795766\" src=\"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Earing-on-Man-1-21795766-219x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Earing-on-Man-1-21795766-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Earing-on-Man-1-21795766.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These rings were not worn as mere ornaments, but for superstitious purposes; perhaps as amulets or charms, first consecrated to some false god, or formed under some constellation, and stamped with magical characters. Maimonides mentions rings and jewels of this kind, with the image of the sun, moon, etc., impressed upon them; and Augustine describes them (Epist. 73,) as used for this execrable purpose.<\/p>\n<p>In the Scriptures, men wearing earrings is often connected to paganism. Note the following Bible passages:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>And Aaron said unto them, \u201cBreak off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.\u201d And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, \u201cThese be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.\u201d (Exod 32:2)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And Gideon said unto them, \u201cI would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey.\u201d (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.) And they answered, \u201cWe will willingly give them.\u201d And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey. And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels\u2019 necks. And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house. (Judg 8:24\u201327)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"evernoteSiteMemory\"><a href=\"javascript:\" onclick=\"Evernote.doClip({title: 'Men Wearing Earrings',url: 'https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/08\/men-wearing-earrings\/',contentID: 'post-1256',suggestTags: 'Earrings,Genesis,Idolatry,Men Wearing Earrings',providerName: 'Hoshana Rabbah Blog',styling: 'text' });return false\" class=\"evernoteSiteMemoryLink\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.evernote.com\/article-clipper.png\" \nclass=\"evernoteSiteMemoryButton\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"evernoteSiteMemoryClear\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genesis 35:4, Strange gods \u2026earrings. Strange in Hebrew is \u201cforeign\/alien gods\/mighty ones.\u201d Before going up to Bethel to worship before Elohim, Jacob instructed the men to put away their idols and remove their earrings, which this passage links to idol &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/08\/men-wearing-earrings\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[64],"tags":[226,21,20,227],"class_list":["post-1256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly-readings","tag-earrings","tag-genesis","tag-idolatry","tag-men-wearing-earrings"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Men Wearing Earrings | Hoshana Rabbah Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/08\/men-wearing-earrings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Men Wearing Earrings | Hoshana Rabbah Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Genesis 35:4, Strange gods \u2026earrings. Strange in Hebrew is \u201cforeign\/alien gods\/mighty ones.\u201d Before going up to Bethel to worship before Elohim, Jacob instructed the men to put away their idols and remove their earrings, which this passage links to idol &hellip; Continue reading &rarr;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/08\/men-wearing-earrings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Hoshana Rabbah Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-08-08T18:29:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Earing-on-Man-1-21795766-219x300.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Natan Lawrence\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Natan Lawrence\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hoshanarabbah.org\\\/blog\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/08\\\/men-wearing-earrings\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hoshanarabbah.org\\\/blog\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/08\\\/men-wearing-earrings\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Natan Lawrence\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hoshanarabbah.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3ed5c40cd99881c4176aa291f72109df\"},\"headline\":\"Men Wearing Earrings\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-08-08T18:29:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hoshanarabbah.org\\\/blog\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/08\\\/men-wearing-earrings\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":369,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hoshanarabbah.org\\\/blog\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/08\\\/men-wearing-earrings\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/hoshanarabbah.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/Earing-on-Man-1-21795766-219x300.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Earrings\",\"Genesis\",\"Idolatry\",\"Men Wearing Earrings\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Weekly Scripture Readings\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/hoshanarabbah.org\\\/blog\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/08\\\/men-wearing-earrings\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hoshanarabbah.org\\\/blog\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/08\\\/men-wearing-earrings\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hoshanarabbah.org\\\/blog\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/08\\\/men-wearing-earrings\\\/\",\"name\":\"Men Wearing Earrings | Hoshana Rabbah Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hoshanarabbah.org\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hoshanarabbah.org\\\/blog\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/08\\\/men-wearing-earrings\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hoshanarabbah.org\\\/blog\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/08\\\/men-wearing-earrings\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/hoshanarabbah.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/Earing-on-Man-1-21795766-219x300.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-08-08T18:29:01+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hoshanarabbah.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3ed5c40cd99881c4176aa291f72109df\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hoshanarabbah.org\\\/blog\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/08\\\/men-wearing-earrings\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/hoshanarabbah.org\\\/blog\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/08\\\/men-wearing-earrings\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hoshanarabbah.org\\\/blog\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/08\\\/men-wearing-earrings\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/hoshanarabbah.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/Earing-on-Man-1-21795766-219x300.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/hoshanarabbah.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/Earing-on-Man-1-21795766-219x300.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hoshanarabbah.org\\\/blog\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/08\\\/men-wearing-earrings\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hoshanarabbah.org\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Men Wearing Earrings\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hoshanarabbah.org\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hoshanarabbah.org\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Hoshana Rabbah Blog\",\"description\":\"Midrash with Natan Lawrence\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hoshanarabbah.org\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hoshanarabbah.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3ed5c40cd99881c4176aa291f72109df\",\"name\":\"Natan Lawrence\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b8060f68b3dd1beee389c8dd62002036bcb1a0dbba69cb744079eebb40555f65?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b8060f68b3dd1beee389c8dd62002036bcb1a0dbba69cb744079eebb40555f65?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b8060f68b3dd1beee389c8dd62002036bcb1a0dbba69cb744079eebb40555f65?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Natan Lawrence\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.hoshanarabbah.org\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hoshanarabbah.org\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/natanl\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Men Wearing Earrings | Hoshana Rabbah Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/08\/men-wearing-earrings\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Men Wearing Earrings | Hoshana Rabbah Blog","og_description":"Genesis 35:4, Strange gods \u2026earrings. Strange in Hebrew is \u201cforeign\/alien gods\/mighty ones.\u201d Before going up to Bethel to worship before Elohim, Jacob instructed the men to put away their idols and remove their earrings, which this passage links to idol &hellip; Continue reading &rarr;","og_url":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/08\/men-wearing-earrings\/","og_site_name":"Hoshana Rabbah Blog","article_published_time":"2012-08-08T18:29:01+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Earing-on-Man-1-21795766-219x300.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Natan Lawrence","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Natan Lawrence","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/08\/men-wearing-earrings\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/08\/men-wearing-earrings\/"},"author":{"name":"Natan Lawrence","@id":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/3ed5c40cd99881c4176aa291f72109df"},"headline":"Men Wearing Earrings","datePublished":"2012-08-08T18:29:01+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/08\/men-wearing-earrings\/"},"wordCount":369,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/08\/men-wearing-earrings\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Earing-on-Man-1-21795766-219x300.jpg","keywords":["Earrings","Genesis","Idolatry","Men Wearing Earrings"],"articleSection":["Weekly Scripture Readings"],"inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/08\/men-wearing-earrings\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/08\/men-wearing-earrings\/","url":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/08\/men-wearing-earrings\/","name":"Men Wearing Earrings | Hoshana Rabbah Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/08\/men-wearing-earrings\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/08\/men-wearing-earrings\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Earing-on-Man-1-21795766-219x300.jpg","datePublished":"2012-08-08T18:29:01+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/3ed5c40cd99881c4176aa291f72109df"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/08\/men-wearing-earrings\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/08\/men-wearing-earrings\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/08\/men-wearing-earrings\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Earing-on-Man-1-21795766-219x300.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Earing-on-Man-1-21795766-219x300.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/08\/men-wearing-earrings\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Men Wearing Earrings"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/","name":"Hoshana Rabbah Blog","description":"Midrash with Natan Lawrence","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/3ed5c40cd99881c4176aa291f72109df","name":"Natan Lawrence","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b8060f68b3dd1beee389c8dd62002036bcb1a0dbba69cb744079eebb40555f65?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b8060f68b3dd1beee389c8dd62002036bcb1a0dbba69cb744079eebb40555f65?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b8060f68b3dd1beee389c8dd62002036bcb1a0dbba69cb744079eebb40555f65?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Natan Lawrence"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.hoshanarabbah.org"],"url":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/author\/natanl\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2c0PM-kg","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1256"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1259,"href":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1256\/revisions\/1259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}