Hello and blessings.
We continue studying the laws of bloodshed as presented in the book Brit Shalom, and we are in Chapter Five. Today, we reach the final paragraph.
The final paragraph, paragraph 37, deals with a somewhat delicate and not very modest topic, but we are discussing here what happens regarding the wasting of seed.
A person is intended to bring children into the world, to fulfill the commandment “be fruitful and multiply”, and therefore he must use his procreative power for the proper purpose: to perpetuate life in the world and for marital love. Man and woman are meant to live together, including a sexual life.
However, sometimes there is a certain evil inclination that leads to the wasting of a man's seed without proper purpose.
So what is the law? We know that according to the Midrashim, this was the sin of the generation of the Flood. Here, in paragraph 34, it is said that even though the emission of seed outside the body for no purpose is not explicitly forbidden for the children of Noah, there was debate about it. Some prohibit it by law, while others say that since it is not explicitly mentioned, it is not forbidden if the act is inappropriate.
However, sometimes for medical purposes, such as fertility treatments, it is permitted—of course, because in this case, it is for the continuation of life, not the wasting of life.
May we all merit purity of body and soul.
