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Dear Crossroads, Excellent question. It seems that overall you are working on yourself and doing well, but you are still struggling with occasional falls. You should know that there is almost never such a thing as an "overcharged libido" by nature. Rather, our sages tell us: "There is a small lim...

Rabbi Yaakov Ariel, Chief Rabbi of Ramat Gan and President of the Hotam association, one of the most respected leaders and Torah Sages of the religious Zionist sector, reacted to the words of Rabbi Shlomo Riskin with respect to whether active homosexuals can be held accountable for transgressing ...

Testimony from Hearing on Pornography's Impact on Family and Marriage Beginning pornography use associated with increase in probability of divorce

A girl asked us: ; This is a bit embarrassing but I have this desire to look at my Israeli cousin's non-tznius friends online (Facebook & Instagram). Is this coming from a place where I wish I could look as good as them, or is it the yetzer hara trying to get me to look at porn with a few mo...

Some so called "progressive" Rabbis today have made the claim that a person with same-sex tendencies cannot be called a transgressor, even if he acts on these tendencies, since that ;this person is in the halakhic category of "Ones Rachmana patreh" -"someone who is coerced to commit a transgress...

GYE Member asks: Having a sexual relationship with a woman not married to you is considered bad. ;Hooking up with a prostitute is a dirty act. ;Having a sexual relationship with a mom is horrific.Having a sexual relationship with a minor is just as bad.Having a sexual relationship with the same s...

FrumHangOut.com (FHO) A project of GYE for teens run by teens ; ; FHO is a safe place for teens to express themselves, get chizuk, and answers. There's a place for articles, to ask big rabbi's questions, and a message board/forum - a place where teens can write things and interact with other tee...

Question: I'm male and sexually attracted to certain types of men. ;I've been brought up with weird parents. I also had a difficult upbringing and was bullied a lot. ;About half a year ago, someone recommended a book, "Bad Childhood, Good Life", which changed my life! Now I find that ;I get a cru...

Dear GYE, ; 4 and a half years ago my wife "caught" me looking at pornography by randomly checking our browser history. I was happily married at the time with a son, and a daughter on the way but ;I had simply slipped easily back into by adolescent ways, easy as that. ;The breakdown in trust in ...

About a week ago, I finally raised the white flag. ; Indeed, I don’t know how to support my wife through her sex addiction (which has uncovered many other layers of emotional dysfunction). ; Yesterday was the first time that I went to therapy for myself. ; While I’d like to think that I’m a suppo...