A partial list of sources from the talmud for independent study.
General Prohibitions
Causing one's self to have sexual thoughts: Shabbat 140b; Niddah 13b Ex-communication for one who causes himself to have sexual thoughts: Niddah 13b One who causes himself to have sexual thoughts cannot enter into the inner area of Gd: Niddah 13b It is better to have one's stomach split open, than to descend to "the well of destruction": Niddah 13b The punishment for wasting semen: Niddah 13a Comparing the waste of seed to murder and idolatry: Niddah 13a Chopping off the hand of one who holds his member: Niddah 13b Adam creating demonic spirits with seed he accidentally wasted during his one hundred and thirty years of ex-communication: Eruvin 18b
Specific Acts
Sleeping "Perakdan" [generally assumed to mean supine]: Berachot 13b; Niddah 14a Standing on a bed in which a couple usually sleeps: Shabbat 140b Touching one's genitalia to check for emission of [impure] seed or for [impure] genital discharge: Niddah 13a Holding one's member/genitalia while urinating: Niddah 13a-b, 16b, 43a Masturbation is like spilling blood: Niddah 13b Comparing masturbation to adultery: Niddah 13b Touching one's self to remove a thorn from one's groin area: Niddah 13b Wearing pants which are tight-fitting in the crotch: Niddah 13b Donkey and camel riding: Niddah 14a Sources taken from Webshas
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