It is my considered opinion that we should accept and strongly advocate private masturbation as the method of choice for the relief of all pre-marital sexual urges. I say this after examining both the classical sources, which are universally negative when discussing this topic; and the reality of our times, which creates an impossible no-win situation for our teen-agers.

The Torah tells the following story of Er and Onan, the sons of Judah, one of Joseph