English: “You shall not cut yourselves” — What is the meaning of “lo tisgodedu”? You shall not make a wound over a dead person.
On the daf / in context: The verb is understood in the sense of self-laceration practiced as a mourning rite, forbidden because Israel are children of Hashem.
Type of Learning
Derash on the verse (Makos) — the prohibition of self-laceration for the dead.
What Is Learned
One may not cut one’s flesh as a sign of mourning for the dead.