This week's parsha is talking to US! It deals with Yehuda's sons, who were killed for wasting seed, and this is the source brought down in Shulchan-Aruch for this aveira! We should always try to see the Torah as being given to us "hayom" - TODAY, afresh. This absolutely applies to our holy group! As we go through the pesukim this Shabbos, let's redouble our efforts to commit to not wasting seed, taking it to heart.
While I was working on 'shnayim mikra vechad targum' this week, it was a great relief to read about Er and Onan. There it says that they were "Evil in Hashem's eyes", but instead of feeling guilty of the same action myself, for the first time I could feel happy that I have real hope to break free of this addiction.