2:39pm UK, Tuesday January 20, 2004

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An Israeli rabbi has come up with a prayer devout Jews can utter that will help them overcome the guilt of visiting pornographic websites.

"Please God, help me cleanse the computer of viruses and evil photographs which disturb and ruin my work..., so that I shall be able to cleanse myself (of sin)," reads the benediction by Shlomo Eliahu, the daily Yedioth Ahronoth reported.

Mr Eliahu said he seen a marked increase in the number of men who had come to him to confess their Internet sins.

The callers said they were worried that the time they were spending surfing for porn was ruining their family lives.

The rabbi recommends that Jews recite the prayer when they log on to the Internet or even programme it to flash up on their computer screens so they are spiritually covered whether they enter a dodgy site intentionally or by mistake.