## Sefer HaMiddot, A Seminal Emission, Part I

###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Seminal Emission, Part I 1
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א. קֶרִי בָּא עַל יְדֵי דִּבּוּר מִזְּנוּת גַּם עַל יְדֵי שֶׁנָּפַל מֵאֱמוּנָתוֹ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A person will experience a seminal emission after having spoken of immoral matters or after losing his faith in God.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Seminal Emission, Part I 2
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ב. מִי שֶׁמּוֹצִיא קֶרִי, לְסוֹף הוֹלֵךְ עָרוֹם.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
One who spills his seed will in the end go naked.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Seminal Emission, Part I 3
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ג. עַל יְדֵי עַצְבוּת רוֹאֶה קֶרִי.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Depression causes one to experience a seminal emission.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Seminal Emission, Part I 4
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ד. מִי שֶׁנִּזְהָר. לֶאֱכל מִשְּׁאֵלַת חָכָם, הוּא נִצּוֹל מִטֻּמְאַת קֶרִי.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A person who is careful not to eat food about which there is some Halakhic question is protected from being made impure by a seminal emission.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Seminal Emission, Part I 5
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ה. אֵין לוֹ לָאָדָם לֶאֱכל עַל שֻׁלְחָן הַצַּדִּיק, קדֶם שֶׁטָּבַל לְקִרְיוֹ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
One who has experienced a seminal emission should immerse in a *mikvah* before eating at the Tzaddik’s table.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Seminal Emission, Part I 6
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ו. תִּשְׂמַח בַּטּוֹב שֶׁבָּא עַל הַצַּדִּיקִים, וְזֶה תִּקּוּן לְקֶרִי.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Rejoicing in the good that befalls the Tzaddik is a rectification for wasting one’s seed.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Seminal Emission, Part I 7
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ז. עַל יְדֵי הַלֵּיצָנוּת בָּא לְטֻמְאַת קֶרִי.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
By mocking others, a person will come to pollute himself with a seminal emission.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Seminal Emission, Part I 8
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ח. קֶרִי בָּא מִקַּלּוּת ראשׁ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Wasting seed comes from frivolity.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Seminal Emission, Part I 9
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ט. קֶרִי בָּא עַל יְדֵי אֲכִילַת שׁוּם וּבֵיצִים.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A wasteful emission of seed is brought on by eating garlic and eggs,


###### Sefer HaMiddot, A Seminal Emission, Part I 10
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י. גַּם עַל יְדֵי דְּבָרִים בְּטֵלִים וְנִבּוּל פֶּה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
or by engaging in idle talk, or by using obscene language.