Sefer HaMiddot, A Seminal Emission, Part I

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

ח. קֶרִי בָּא מִקַּלּוּת ראשׁ.

The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986

Wasting seed comes from frivolity.

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,

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.