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 The reports on the quantity and popularity of this material on the internet<ref>[http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&q=%22availability+of+pornography%22&btnG=Search Availability of pornography]</ref> (reaching, according to some estimates, 20%-30% of non-commercial internet usage) are astounding.  The medical reports on the health and psychological aspects of this problem<ref>[http://www.google.com/search?as_q=%22internet+addiction%22&hl=en&num=10&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&as_rights=&safe=images Internet addiction]</ref> reflect a medical problem which is attracting the attention of both Jewish and non-Jewish medical experts worldwide.
-This article is devoted to explain the issues involved, and recommend possible solutions.
+This article is devoted to explain the issues involved, and recommend possible solutions.  There is a complete software Internet Filter system based on the PRIVOXY available for download on this page.
 ==Rabbinic response==

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 [[Image:Kosher internet.png|thumb|[[Hareidi.org's Kosher Internet#Free Download|Free download]] ]]
 First of all, let us say that "Kosher internet" does not exit, yet.  There is no known solution to the various problems that internet poses to a ''hareidi'' family.  There are partial solutions and this article discusses them.
-In addition, hareidi.org recognizes that pornography and sexually abusive content on the internet is a significant problem that affects both families who do not follow the rulings of the ''hareidi'' rabbinical authorities, as well as those ''hareidim'' who are required and permitted to use the internet.
+In addition, hareidi.org recognizes that pornography and sexually abusive content on the internet is a significant problem that affects families who do not follow the rulings of the ''hareidi'' rabbinical authorities, as well as those ''hareidim'' who are required and permitted to use the internet.
 The reports on the quantity and popularity of this material on the internet<ref>[http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&q=%22availability+of+pornography%22&btnG=Search Availability of pornography]</ref> (reaching, according to some estimates, 20%-30% of non-commercial internet usage) are astounding.  The medical reports on the health and psychological aspects of this problem<ref>[http://www.google.com/search?as_q=%22internet+addiction%22&hl=en&num=10&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&as_rights=&safe=images Internet addiction]</ref> reflect a medical problem which is attracting the attention of both Jewish and non-Jewish medical experts worldwide.
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 ==Permitted Use==
 Basically, internet use is forbidden.  However there are some exceptions. If internet use is needed to earn a living, and other options are not available, it is permitted to use the internet.  It is also permitted for case of Jewish outreach, research and in certain cases for educational purposes.<ref>There are some (non-Hareidi) rabbinical authorities who permit the use of internet for news and activism, given the generally anti-religious nature of the Israeli media.</ref>  If already permitted for one of the above reasons, then it is also permitted to do "internet shopping" for oneself or others.
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 ==Visual and addictive aspects==
-This paragraph will discuss the issues that face a hareidi Jew who has been authorized to use the internet. TBD.
+This paragraph discusses the issues that face a hareidi Jew who has been authorized to use the internet.
 It is recommended that a hareidi Jew use a content and URL filter, and most importantly an image filter that will still provide access to the majority of material required for the workplace, or other professional purposes.  Hareidi.org's Kosher Internet add-on software is one such filter.

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		+	* [http://www.guardureyes.com Guard Ur Eyes: A website for religious Jews struggling to maintain their moral purity in today's world]

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 * [http://www.neto.net.il Internet Rimon] - Available in Israel, this organization developed a content filter that filters objectional content from within a website, and permits viewing of the rest of the website.  Sites can be added or reported through use of a 24 hour support telephone number. Filtering is done at the ISP level, so theoretically there is no way to bypass it. Four levels of filtering are offered, and it is priced comparable to other Israeli ISPs.  It is has the approval<ref>It is not known whether these rabbonim give their approval for general use, or only in pressing situations.</ref> and encouragement of leading Rabbonim, including: Harav Mordechai Eliyahu, Harav Yig'al Kaminetski, Harav Yehoshua Shapira, Harav Yaakov Ariel, Harav Elyakim Levanon.
-* [http://moreshet.co.il Moroshet] - Available in Israel.
+* [http://moreshet.co.il Moroshet] - Available in Israel. מורשת רשת האינטרנט הבטוחה. http://moreshet.co.il. "מורשת - רשת האינטרנט הבטוחה", קהילה שהיא סביבה חינוכית ערכית.
 '''Commercial filters'''

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 ==Rabbinic response==
-There have been several Rabbinic admonitions on the use of the internet.<ref>In the late 1990s, when the world wide web was exploding with new websites, a brief, informational site on Satmar Hasidism, apparently published by an independent-minded Satmarer, issued a warning in Yiddish at the top of its home page which said, “if you can read this, you should not be using the internet. It is muktse.” - [http://modiya.nyu.edu/handle/1964/265 Topic: Haredim and the internet]</ref><ref>In early 2000, a group of prominent Haredi rabbis in Israel representing Hasidic, Lithuanian, Sefardic and Mizrahi precincts, issued a ban on use of the internet. They argued, "The Internet is a danger 1,000 times greater [than television, which was banned 30 years ago], and is liable to bring ruin and destruction upon all of Israel." - ibid.</ref><ref>In November of 2003, the official English language journal of Agudat Israel, The Jewish Observer, dedicated an issue to the dangers of the internet. The article offers excerpts from the Novominsker Rebbe’s address given at the Torah Umesorah convention on the problems of the Internet, in which he alleged that “The internet, with a flick of a button, invades a Jewish home, a Jewish soul, and makes moral disaster.” The Rebbe added that “if your business cannot get along without it, you must create the strictest controls around its use. Do not give it free rein! Remember that you are dealing with a force that contains spiritual and moral poison.” - ibid.</ref><ref>In the same issue, Rabbi Leyb Keleman writes that, “the internet has penetrated our community, but with the same strength [with which we avoided television], we shall uproot it…. Our gedolim have advised us to remove internet from our homes, and so we will do.” - ibid.</ref>
+There have been several Rabbinic admonitions against the use of the internet.<ref>In the late 1990s, when the world wide web was exploding with new websites, a brief, informational site on Satmar Hasidism, apparently published by an independent-minded Satmarer, issued a warning in Yiddish at the top of its home page which said, “if you can read this, you should not be using the internet. It is muktse.” - [http://modiya.nyu.edu/handle/1964/265 Topic: Haredim and the internet]</ref><ref>In early 2000, a group of prominent Haredi rabbis in Israel representing Hasidic, Lithuanian, Sefardic and Mizrahi precincts, issued a ban on use of the internet. They argued, "The Internet is a danger 1,000 times greater [than television, which was banned 30 years ago], and is liable to bring ruin and destruction upon all of Israel." - ibid.</ref><ref>In November of 2003, the official English language journal of Agudat Israel, The Jewish Observer, dedicated an issue to the dangers of the internet. The article offers excerpts from the Novominsker Rebbe’s address given at the Torah Umesorah convention on the problems of the Internet, in which he alleged that “The internet, with a flick of a button, invades a Jewish home, a Jewish soul, and makes moral disaster.” The Rebbe added that “if your business cannot get along without it, you must create the strictest controls around its use. Do not give it free rein! Remember that you are dealing with a force that contains spiritual and moral poison.” - ibid.</ref><ref>In the same issue, Rabbi Leyb Keleman writes that, “the internet has penetrated our community, but with the same strength [with which we avoided television], we shall uproot it…. Our gedolim have advised us to remove internet from our homes, and so we will do.” - ibid.</ref>
 In 5765 (2005), after examining internet filtering technology, various ISP's offering "kosher" service, and reviewing the number of case where individuals in religious households were affected by this problem, the halachic authorities of several important hareidi communities ruled that current technology does not provide adequate safeguards to prevent these problems.  It was ruled that internet usage must be minimized and in most cases eliminated, and for the first time the ''Gedolei Hador'' took the unusual step of requiring physical security of any internet appliance, and externally verifiable compliance by religious households.

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 '''Filtering ISPs'''
-* [www.thejnet.com The Jnet], a company that offers filtering with its own dial-up and DSL service in New York area.
+* [http://www.thejnet.com The Jnet], a company that offers filtering with its own dial-up and DSL service in New York area.
 * [http://www.ayinroah.com Ayinroah], meaning a watchful eye, and is based on the hevrusa system of Talmud study. As their website states, "עין רואה Rabunim say a computer is user byichud" or prohibited to use alone.  It is a service wherein clients have a hevrusa, or an internet "accountibility partner," who receives an email report of all sites you have visited.

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 ==Rabbinic response==
-There have been several Rabbinic admonitionns on the use of the internet.<ref>In the late 1990s, when the world wide web was exploding with new websites, a brief, informational site on Satmar Hasidism, apparently published by an independent-minded Satmarer, issued a warning in Yiddish at the top of its home page which said, “if you can read this, you should not be using the internet. It is muktse.”
+There have been several Rabbinic admonitionns on the use of the internet.<ref>In the late 1990s, when the world wide web was exploding with new websites, a brief, informational site on Satmar Hasidism, apparently published by an independent-minded Satmarer, issued a warning in Yiddish at the top of its home page which said, “if you can read this, you should not be using the internet. It is muktse.”<br>
+In early 2000, a group of prominent Haredi rabbis in Israel representing Hasidic, Lithuanian, Sefardic and Mizrahi precincts, issued a ban on use of the internet. They argued, "The Internet is a danger 1,000 times greater [than television, which was banned 30 years ago], and is liable to bring ruin and destruction upon all of Israel."<br>
-In early 2000, a group of prominent Haredi rabbis in Israel representing Hasidic, Lithuanian, Sefardic and Mizrahi precincts, issued a ban on use of the internet. They argued, "The Internet is a danger 1,000 times greater [than television, which was banned 30 years ago], and is liable to bring ruin and destruction upon all of Israel."
+In November of 2003, the official English language journal of Agudat Israel, The Jewish Observer, dedicated an issue to the dangers of the internet. The article offers excerpts from the Novominsker Rebbe’s address given at the Torah Umesorah convention on the problems of the Internet, in which he alleged that “The internet, with a flick of a button, invades a Jewish home, a Jewish soul, and makes moral disaster.” The Rebbe added that “if your business cannot get along without it, you must create the strictest controls around its use. Do not give it free rein! Remember that you are dealing with a force that contains spiritual and moral poison.”<br>
 In the same issue, Rabbi Leyb Keleman writes that, “the internet has penetrated our community, but with the same strength [with which we avoided television], we shall uproot it….Our gedolim have advised us to remove internet from our homes, and so we will do.” [http://modiya.nyu.edu/handle/1964/265 Topic: Haredim and the internet]</ref>