Much of the material on this website concerns overcoming varying forms of sexual transgression including masturbation. Helpful advice for ending a habit of masturbating can be found in several other articles and in Questions and Answers. In this article, we are presented a general guideline, including practical tips for kicking the habit and an Eleven …
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Can’t Stop Watching Porn
Question: I realize that watching erotic Internet sites leads nowhere and makes me feel spiritually and morally corrupt, but I can’t stop. I have tried everything in order to give up the addiction – mikvahs, cold showers, jogging, learning more Torah, making vows that I would stop, trying the 12 Torah Steps, confessing my problem …
Pornoholics anonymous
Introduction Is this the PA support group? The purpose of this study is to help people who suffer from an addiction to pornography on the Internet. With G-d’s help, the material presented will offer ways to break the porn addiction and to stop committing the sexual transgressions, like masturbation, that stem from it. Hopefully the …
The prohibition of sexual fantasies
*It is forbidden for a man to engage in sexual fantasies. This applies to single men, and to married men alike. Not only is a married man not allowed to fantasize about other women, he is also not to preoccupy himself with sexual fantasies regarding his wife. Many men are lax in this matter, falsely …
Shovavim – Rectifying Sexual Transgression
Every week, Israel’s former Chief Rabbi, HaRav Rav Mordechai Eliahu, of blessed memory, put out a Torah bulletin for Shabbat, called “Kol Tzofiyech,” which is distributed to synagogues throughout the country. Since the Rabbi’s death, his sons are continuing to put out the bulletin. This one focuses on “Shovavim,” the special period of the year …
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The Secret of a Happy Marriage
By Rabbi Shalom Arush. [Abridged from his book, “B’Gan HaShalom,” Chapter Seven] Love Or Lust It is important to understand that after the sin in the Garden of Eden, HaKodesh Baruch Hu [The Holy One, Blessed Be He] punished the woman by putting her under her husband’s charge, as it is written, “Your desire shall …
What’s Wrong With A Little Pornography?
Question: I fail to understand the great sin in looking at sexy pictures on the Internet. It doesn’t make me do anything evil. I don’t masturbate when I watch. I just enjoy seeing pictures of beautiful women. Answer: In his book, “Nefesh HaChaim,” Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin explains that each and every Jew is a …
Looking at naked women, and masturbating just about every day
Question: For some time now my Torah studies and prayers have been without any enthusiasm and joy. I feel that G-d isn’t inside me at all. When I read some of the things on this site, I suddenly understood where the problem was stemming from – looking at women, fantasizing about them, and masturbating just …
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What Makes Me Watch Pornography?
Question: Just a little bit more, then I quit forever! Time and again, I have tried to stop watching pornography on the Internet, but a day later, and sometimes after just a few hours, I’m back at the keyboard, unable to withstand the urge, as if compelled by some kind of magnet whose strength is …
Every drop of semen counts
Question: Once in awhile I like to look at some sexy sites just for the visual high without masturbating. Sometimes though I have a shudder-like feeling and if I check my underwear, I notice tiny clear drops. I certainly don’t intend for this to happen, since I know that spilling seed is wrong. Are these …