We are commanded regarding the ritual impurity [contained in and emitted by] semen. [I.e., when contracted, one must follow all the laws associated with this impurity.]
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Daily Mitzvah (Rambam)
Day 221: Positive Commandment 105
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Positive Commandment 105 (Digest)
Ritual Impurity of Semen
Impurity caused by Discharge
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Do you think that G-d needs to eat? Does not the verse proclaim, "Should I hunger, I would not tell you, for the world, and all it contains, is Mine... Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?" But it is not for My desire that you bring these offerings, [says G-d,] but for your own, as it is written (Leviticus 19:5), "For your own desire, you should offer it."
–Talmud, Menachot 110a
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