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Intimacy, עוֹנָה and Narcotics
"One is not allowed to be drunk during intimacy with one's spouse.
See... Issurei Biya 21:12."
The Rambam does not use the word אסור (forbidden) as he does by the case of thinking of ...
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Prohibited acts with animals
The capital sin of bestiality (all humans with any animal or bird) only applies when there was insertion of the glans/organ, either if the person penetrated the animal or bird (vaginally/anally) or ...
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Do Jews need to care about non-Jewish homosexuality?
This question is contradictory between its title and the specifications in the first paragraph.
The title relates to issues about hashkafa (Jewish belief and world view) while the first paragraph, in ...
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Which to choose: relations with a non Jewish woman or wasting seed
If a man is in a situation where he is tempted by one of the Arayos (e.g. a married woman or a niddah) and he knows that he can withstand the temptation if he were to be motzi zera, a number of ...
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Onah and Sukkos?
See Mishna Berura siman 639 se'if katan 18, where he says it's apparent from many Achronim that sleeping in the sukkah does not override mitzvas onah (for one who doesn't have the ability to sleep ...
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Is it a sin to watch a naked woman?
General case for men looking at women
There are 3 types of looking for our purposes1:
Looking lustfully.
Looking to enjoy beauty.
Looking without either of the above.
The answer to your question is, ...
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Is a woman allowed to break her hymen by herself?
While not offering a direct halachic source, in bYevamot 34b there is an indication that auto-defloration by crushing the hymen is a virtuous act
וְהָא תָּמָר בְּבִיאָה רִאשׁוֹנָה אִיעַבַּרָא! אֲמַר ...
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How did people know that Tamar had engaged in prostitution?
The Sforno on that verse explains (Sefaria-translation):
וגם הנה הרה, she did not even bother to hide her condition which reflects negatively on you. This is similar to a statement by our sages in ...
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Can Gentiles Work and Consume Pornography?
I don't see why it would be prohibited for gentiles to traffic in adult pornography. There are plenty of questionable things that are permitted to Jews. For the Ramban, “Be holy” means “Restrain ...
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Demisexual and the Halachic Ramifications therein
"There is a small limb in a man: if he starves it, it is satisfied; if
he satisfies it, it is hungry" (Sukkah 52b)
As Ezra said in the comment to the question, what you are describing ...
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Is it effective and is it kosher to perform the practice that leads to seed being spilled, but not actually spilling any?
BH we have Mishlei 2 and 3 to save us from folly like this.
The only appropriate use of this aspect of our neshama and guf is in the context of marital closeness and producing children. If it even is ...
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Did any rabbis say that Adam and Eve did not have sexual intercourse in the garden?
In general, Torah views intimacy between husband and wife as holy of holies, unlike the general teachings of Christianity which view them as sinful and a necessary evil. In light of that, there are a ...
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Intimacy, עוֹנָה and Narcotics
Let us divide the question into two parts, what is the point at which one has drunk too much alcohol where it is recommended to avoid intimacy? Is there a difference between Alcohol and other ...
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Prohibited acts with animals
The Shulchan Aruch permits this provided it is for the purposes of animal husbandry. As usual, CYLOR for any practical application of this halacha:
אלו שמנאפים ביד ומוציאים שכבת זרע לא די להם שאיסור ...
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marriage halacha between noahide couple
The Divine Code stipulates that in your situation, you would be considered as married if the public is aware of your relationship and your living together.
If a woman specifies herself for one man's ...
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Men's response to women's teshuka - source and explanations
Found it, Yoma 75a:
תַּנְיָא, אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹסֵי: בּוֹא וּרְאֵה שֶׁלֹּא כְּמִדַּת
הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מִדַּת בָּשָׂר וָדָם. מִדַּת בָּשָׂר וָדָם:
מַקְנִיט אֶת חֲבֵירוֹ — יוֹרֵד עִמּוֹ לְחַיָּיו....
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'Plonis' in Poskim on Nedarim 20
'Plony and Plonit are the Jewish equivalents of John and Jane Doe.'
https://www.becomingjewish.net/blog-into-the-jewish-pool/archives/07-2017
Oops XD
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marriage halacha between noahide couple
As far as I know Noachide law is very vague and under-developed in comparison with Jewish Halakhah. At least the opinion of the Rambam is that for a non-Jew marriage consists of (1) living together ...
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what is considered sex in halacha?
Any physical contact that has sensual/sexual undertones, with someone with whom sexual relations are forbidden, is prohibited as an accessory to the sin itself.
Shulchan Arukh, Even HaEzer (20:1)
If ...
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'Hole in sheet' myth VS Nedarim 20a,b and Gur accounts
In general people don't talk about this kind of thing very much. But many years ago I became pretty close with a bona fide Breslov chasid (not the Na Nach kind) and he told me that was basically his ...
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Intimacy, עוֹנָה and Narcotics
I read this question basically as what is the halachic definition of intoxication
The degree of impairment required to be considered "intoxicated" is a matter of debate among halachic ...
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Is there a name for the timeframe when a wife is permissible to her husband?
If you click on the link and click on the Rashi in question, the side bar will pop up and it will say "Talmud (1)". Click on that, followed by the Avodah Zara box, to get a snapshot of that ...
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Are gentile women allowed to have multiple female sexual partners?
There is an open question whether the prohibition is on lesbian “relationships” or formalizing lesbian marriages, they are both prohibited for Gentiles and Jews, lesbian marriages in Judaism do not ...
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How did people know that Tamar had engaged in prostitution?
The key here is the word zanta. The questioner is reading it as "she engaged in prostitution", but the word simply means "strayed." Even if she'd had a five-star wedding with a ...
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How did people know that Tamar had engaged in prostitution?
Tamar returned to Judah’s house after he had lain with her and impregnated her. There she resumed wearing her widow’s clothes. After Judah’s friend Hirah the Adullamite went searching in vain for the ...
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Can Gentiles Perform a Vasectomy?
Found this online.........
https://shulchanaruchharav.com/halacha/castration-sterilization-to-humans-and-animals/
Rav Chidka and Tana Divei Menashe in Sanhedrin 56b and in Bava Metzia 90a rule that ...
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Premarital relationships for noahides
It must be prefaced that everybody must abide by the laws of the land that they live in. In the context of sexuality; your age, the age of your partner, and the legal age of consent in your country/...
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How did King Solomon and King David keep up his duties to his wives
Once a man has fulfilled the mitzvah or peru irevu (having children) if the wife agrees to forgive his obligation then he's free from that obligation. S.A. E.H. 76:6 We know that Solomon had at least ...
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Which to choose: relations with a non Jewish woman or wasting seed
Neither. If he has the choice then he has the choice to make a Golem like the Brothers (Yosef's haTzaddik's brothers) were doing, and by that time with the knowledge and fear required he'd come to his ...
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How can I curb my sexual desire?
The way humans work is that when one thinks about something it comes with some degree of an emotion to the thing being thought of, and the more one deepens his thoughts or the longer he thinks about ...
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