An Israeli rabbi crafted a prayer to help Jews overcome guilt for viewing Internet porn. According to Israel’s daily Yediot Achronot, the prayer, created by Shlomo Eliahu, the chief rabbi of Safed, reads: “Please God, help me cleanse the computer of viruses and evil photographs that disturb and ruin my work, so that I shall be able to cleanse myself.”
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