For Hasidic Jews, male masturbation is the only unforgivable sin (details), they believe the 'spilt semen' become 'semen demons' which haunt their real children. Still practiced today is the "Dance of Death" to protect a dead Jew from his demon children created when he ejaculated in wet dreams or masturbation.
"The flaw in masculine sexuality derives from the fact that a man's first sexual experience is a wet dream or nocturnal ejaculation. This dream experience was conceptualized by the Kabbalists as a sexual encounter with female demons, usually Lilith, Adam's first wife. Cohabitation with such demonic females spirits engenders the "semen demons" who are relegated to the spirit world but nevertheless seek to claim paternity from the erring father. It is noteworthy that Lilith, according to well-known Midrash, separated from Adam because she wished to engage in "forbidden" sexual intercourse. Since then Lilith, symbolizing the banished destructive feminine aspects, is conceived of as a threat to infants, newlyweds, and other liminal individuals because she is often in search of semen with which to construct bodies for her wandering spirit children.
"Ejaculated semen engendered a sort of disembodied demon, ever seeking to incarnate. Unless prevented from doing so, these "spirits of harm that come from a man" would appear at their father's funeral. Their appearance was not only out of keeping with the honour due to the dead, but worse, these "semen demons" might dispute or demand their share of the father's inheritance or harm the more legitimate heirs. To prevent this, a series of antidemonic rites were devised to guard against these illegitimate demon children. One of these devices was a strange "dance of death" that is still performed by request in Jerusalem for men of high standing."
"Before the body was lowered into the grave, ten men danced round it in a circle, reciting a Psalm which in Jewish tradition has generally been regarded as a defence against demons (Psalm 91), or another prayer. Then a stone was laid on the bier and the following verse (Genesis 25:6) recited: "But onto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away." This strange dance of death was repeated seven times. The rite, which in modern times has been unintelligible to most of the participants, has to do with kabbalistic conceptions about sexual life and the sanctity of the human seed."
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