Sefer HaMiddot, Abstinence

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א. אָדָם הַמִּתְנַהֵג בִּפְרִישׁוּת וְאַחַר כָּךְ חוֹזֵר מִפְּרִישׁוּתוֹ, עַל יְדֵי זֶה הוּא נוֹפֵל לְתַאֲוָה נוֹסֶפֶת מִמַּה שֶּׁהָיָה לוֹ קֹדֶם פְּרִישׁוּתוֹ.

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

A person who abstains from worldly pleasures and later retreats from his asceticism will succumb to another desire, in addition to those he had before.

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ב. הַפְּרִישׁוּת מֵבִיא שׂבַע.

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

Abstinence brings to satisfaction.

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ג. פְּרִישׁוּת מִתַּשְׁמִישׁ. חָשׁוּב כְּמוֹ תַּעֲנִית.

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

When a person abstains from sexual relations, it is as if he fasted.

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ד. חוֹלַאַת שֶׁל רְקִיקַת דָּם בָּא, עַל יְדֵי שֶׁמְּבַטֵּל עוֹנָה שֶׁל לֵיל טְבִילָה.

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

A person turns sick and spits up blood when he abstains from marital relations on the night of ritual immersion.