Q&A: Follow-up Question on the Prohibition of Wasting Seed
Follow-up Question on the Prohibition of Wasting Seed
Question
Here (https://mikyab.net/%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%AA/%d7%90%d7%95%d7%a0%d7%a0%d7%95%d7%aa-%d7%95%d7%94%d7%95%d7%a6%d7%90%d7%aa-%d7%96%d7%a8%d7%a2-%d7%9c%d7%91%d7%98%d7%9c%d7%94-%d7%91%d7%99%d7%9E%d7%99%d7%A0%D7%95) you wrote that according to most opinions the prohibition is Torah-level / of biblical origin.
Unfortunately, I wasn’t given an option there to ask about your remarks, so I’m opening a new question: where is it written in the Torah that it is forbidden to waste seed?
Answer
You can look online for overviews, even on Wikipedia.
For example: https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%95%D7%A6%D7%90%D7%AA_%D7%96%D7%A8%D7%A2_%D7%9C%D7%91%D7%98%D7%9C%D7%94
Discussion on Answer
Shilo Pachter wrote an entire dissertation on the history of the prohibition of wasting seed; take it from there.
Can Shilo Pachter’s dissertation be found online?
Thank you.
It seems to me that according to most opinions this is not forbidden at the Torah level, and in any case, in my humble opinion the more prevalent view is that this is a rabbinic prohibition.