“Jewish Views of Solitary Sex” by Rebecca Alpert was a lecture that I recently attended. Even though it was some time ago it’s still interesting to know about all the different ways that solitary sex or masturbation at was thought of by “proper” Judaic laws. Rabbis had a large impact on the views of the matter throughout time.
One of the interesting points that she had was made after I asked the question whether her support for solitary sex through the Jewish viewpoint contradicted ideas against adultery and coveting. These views are considered sins to Christians as they were brought up by Jesus. However they are sins only through thoughts. She pointed out that Jews care less about thoughts about more about physical acts thus her ideas do not contradict the ideas brought up. I still question the validity of this statement however I do notice that much Christian doctrine concentrates around thoughts and the sins that occur solely in the mind. Are sins in Judaism only outside the mind or are they similar to those of Christianity?
