My notes on Kedoshim

Parashat Kedoshim (Leviticus 19-20)

Leviticus 19

19:27   Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.

Comment: That is why many observant Jewish men keep their beards and sideburns. It is impressive that one can also love Gd with his appearance.

 

Leviticus 20

20:13   If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

Comment: After the temples were destroyed, statutory death penalty by Torah couldn’t be implemented. See, e.g., https://www.sefaria.org/Contemporary_Halakhic_Problems%2C_Vol_II%2C_Part_II%2C_Chapter_XVII_Capital_Punishment_in_the_Noachide_Code?lang=bi

However, according to the Torah, gay is still an abomination. In some sense, such a behavior defies the Creator of the two different genders.