Q&A: Non-Jewish Woman
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Non-Jewish Woman
Question
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I’m very embarrassed. I went to see a prostitute in the Diaspora, a non-Jewish woman. I left before we had sexual relations; but I feel so impure and weak because I went at all. How does one repent for this?
Answer
Hello,
The difficult feelings are a matter for a psychologist, not for me. From the standpoint of Jewish law, if you did not have relations, then you overcame your impulse, and you should be happy about that. Moreover, the feelings you describe themselves indicate that you regretted it, and that is part of repentance.
I do not believe in arranging structured repentance processes (except for the psychological aspect), and I do not deal with that. The repentance one does for any sin consists of four stages: abandoning the sin, regret, resolving for the future not to do it again, and expressing all of this verbally (confession).
All the best, and a good year.