And Thou Shalt Love

Ohad, the protagonist, is serving in the Israel Defense Forces as a Hesder student. He has not told anyone that he is gay. He tries various ways of dealing with the conflict between his religious beliefs and his sexual orientation, including Atzat Nefesh. He is told to spend forty days fasting and Repentance in Judaism to help rid him of his homosexual inclinations. He does this and believes himself to be cured.