When will YOUR ship come in?

Come work for me, have a blast, get great pay, work as little or as much as you want. Most people will pay in cash or checks, so you will actually be paid DAY OF PARTY. You will be paying me my commission, not the other way around. Whats to lose? Items have a 100% markup, you will make 70% of profit, I will make 30%. Example. You sell a vibrator for $70.00, profit is $35.00. Your commission will be $24.50. That is ONE VIBRATOR…..a $500.00 party is very easy, and not unusual. your income from that one party will be $175.00!!! Not bad pay for one party. IF there are credit card payments, then I will pay the fees associated. You will have NO OVERHEAD unless you wish to have stock (which is a good idea, which I will sell to you at COST) otherwise you can do catalog parties.
Of course if you wish to become a rep on your own, that is a very feasible with the kits being slashed in price right now.
So many options….we can build a team coast to coast and take this to a whole new level.
contact me direct @ barri@glicktruck.com or phone me at 914-799-1969
Lets get your future and finances moving FORWARD!!!!
Bringing Joy back into your bedroom and bank account-
Barri
www.lilatoy.com

P.S if you know someone who would like to get involved in a recession proof FUN business, please forward them my info. For every person who you send me, that either starts to work for me, or becomes a rep under me, you will get a $20.00 gift certificate to www.lilatoy.com

A quick overview of Brown Bag Parties vs. Pure Passion Parties.

This was written by someone else, I have taken the information and chose to share it here. I wish I knew who wrote it, as I would be only too happy to give them full credit. A lot of work went into it, and its much appreciated.  So, to author unknown…THANK YOU!!!

Brown Bag Party Benefits compared to Passion Parties!!

 

 

1.    50% profit REGARDLESS of which kit you start with!  PP 25% or 40% depending on which kit you buy.

2.    20% hostess rewards but additional hostess only specials — EASIER TO GET PARTIES BOOKED WITH BETTER REWARDS!! PP only 10%.

3.    Hostess Rewards are 100% free to the consultant, nothing out of our profits (all of rewards with Passion Parties comes out of your profits)

4.    Car Bonus based on # of active (active only $150 sales per month) team members not their sales (Passion Parties you must do $36,000 in team sales) PP reps pay all of hostess benefits.

5.    Car Bonus begins with 15 team members PP car bonus team needs $36,000 in sales per month

6.    Car Bonus is extra $400 UP TO $600 per month (Passion parties maxes out at $400)

7.    Pays SIX levels deep (Passion Parties only pays three levels deep)

8.    Kit transfer program $89 your cost/Receive their Basic Kit ($245 cost normally; $585 value) PP offers no kit transfer

9.    If Kit transfer no need to “turn in your products to BBP” so sell your Passion Party Products and make more money

10.                       Upgrade with Kit transfer get any of their kits at a $150 discount

11.                       Shipping Cost based on whats in box PP min shipping cost is $9.95  they use Fed Ex also, they ship out of Las Vegas

12.                       Ships directly to customers (same as Passion Parties) OR opt to have shipped to hostess where the company will sort each person’s order, bag in a private bag AND label it AND include an invoice with YOUR contact info on the invoice. Collect only $5 from each person and the shipping is covered!

13.                       Rights to the logo (Passion Party won’t let you use the logo) for business cards etc…

14.                       Company is willing to loan banners/tablecloths for expos and such (Passion Parties may find someone else who is gracious enough to loan it but otherwise company sells them, very expensive price)

15.                       BBP offers Pole Parties, the pole for this is exclusive for consultants only because it spins and its portable but strong enough for all; for a pole party you set your rate most people charge $10-$30 per party and give a bag of goodies worth $35 to each guest, you make appx $150 without selling any other products(of course you are encouraged to sell more to make more), No such thing in PP

16.                       BBP offers a wider variety of products including a LINGERE Catalog (inc Plus Sizes), Bachelorette type of gag gifts (which you can market to Bridesmaids/Maid of Honor for the bachelorette party), light Bondage, and CLONE A WILLY kit

17.                       Main Catalogs only change once a year (Passion parties changes twice a year) with some extra inserts throughout the year

18.                       $50 training bonus divided into two payments based on newbies sales (Passion Parties does a $30 training bonus)

19.                       3.25 % Pre-Auth fee (Passion Parties does 3.5%)

20.                       Four kits to choose from all starting with 50% profit kits;$145, $245,$395, $795 PP offers three kits

21.                       Company sponsored earn a kit special (20% towards kit —- NOT out of consultants profits at all!!!!) —-Easier to get more to sign,  PP earn a kit is not company sponsored so if the rep chooses to offer it then they pay for it out of their own pocket

22.                       BBP sends a bag to carry kit in with all kits except the starter kit, PP does not

23.                       weekly training FREE , PP does not

24.                       Online shopping with every consultant, if someone orders you don’t need to input their order, it automatically does it for you and you still get 50% profits (every month cost is $29.95, not an option, mandatory), PP general website does not offer ordering online and if you upgrade for cost, then you still have to process your own orders

25.                       BBP Company has pre-made hostess packets ready for you (small cost), PP doesn’t have this at all

26.                       BBP Company offers kit specials approx 2 times a year, cannot combine kit transfer with it

27.                       BBP Company offers Vacation Vouchers for consultants to purchase for 70 cents each to use to market hostesses, recruits, whoever PP offers no such thing.

28.                       Legacy Program/ you give or sell business in case you are unable to do it anymore (i.e major illness)

29.                       PP offers Passion points for convention but you need a ridiculous amount of them to be able to use them for convention.  So it is really a better deal to go to BBP convention.

Things to keep in mind:    No convention points/convention in Cali approx $175 +hotel +air, Boot camp $225 INCLUDES hotel/meals/speakers/etc… /////Spa line isn’t as luxirous as Passion Parties////Free hostess starts^t/////Cash Bonus/////All credit cards allowed////Rumors of bankruptcy are just rumors started by Pure Romance

Five Kits are Offered – remember as a transfer you get Basic for $89 or upgrade to standard or Premier with a $150 savings

$89 Catalog Party

$145 Mini Start Up Kit

$245 Basic

$395 Standard

$795 Premier

 

Items that are duplicate from Passion to Brown Bag: Pure Instinct, Jack Rabbit, Original Body Dew, Silky Sheets, Erotic massage DVD, Tickle his Pickle, Maxi Bullet, Chocolate Delight, Ben Wa Balls, Jelly Osaski (we call it Eager Beaver but it is Red instead of purple), Twin Rabbit (ours is red), gigi (we call it Gidget)

 

Other items that you could use from Passion Parties but just tell the customer that the packaging has been updated is Delux Love Glove, Gold Dust, Body Glitter, Nipple Nibblers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you only do one party per week here’s what it compares to (NO DOWNLINE),

CHANGE THE PURPLE BOXES TO SEE YOUR EARNINGS!	Passion Parties	BROWN BAG PARTY
AVERAGE PARTY RETAIL	$500.00	$500.00
YOUR “BUYING DISCOUNT” (or “commission”)	40%	50%
HOSTESS REWARDS %	10%	20%
Amount you hostess Receives	$50.00	$100.00
YOUR % COST OF THE HOSTESS REWARDS	60%	free
(if it costs you 50% of the hostess rewards, imput 50)
AVERAGE # OF PARTIES PER MONTH?	4	4
# OF DOWNLINE RECRUITS ON YOUR 1st LEVEL	0	0
# OF DOWNLINE RECRUITS ON YOUR 2nd LEVEL	0	0
# OF DOWNLINE RECRUITS ON YOUR 3rd LEVEL	0	0
(Brown Bag Party pays down 6 levels, but we’ll stop here for now!)
AVERAGE MONTHLY RETAIL PER RECRUIT ON ALL 3 LEVELS	$0.00	$0.00
% YOU EARN ON THESE RECRUIT’S RETAIL SALES – LEVEL 1	5%	5%
% YOU EARN ON THESE RECRUIT’S RETAIL SALES – LEVEL 2	4%	5%
% YOU EARN ON THESE RECRUIT’S RETAIL SALES – LEVEL 3	0%	5%
NET INCOME FROM PARTIES	$680.00	$1000.00
NET INCOME FROM RECRUITS	$0.00	$0.00
MONTHLY GRAND TOTAL CASH:	$680.00	$1000.00
		If you were with BBP,
		you would have made
		$320.00
		more this month or
		$3940.00
		over the past year!

 

 

 

 

 

I know this consideration of transferring may not fall easily with you.  But I look at as your hostess will be more happy, you will get much more money, and they make it easier to get more recruits signed on without coming out of your commission, and they offer more percentages to residual downlines sales.

Transfer to Brown Bag with me to enjoy making more commission this month,

 

Do a $1000 in sales in your first 30 days I will give you $50 in product FREE — YOU CHOOSE

Do a $1000 in sales in your 2^nd 30 days I will give you  $75 in product FREE — YOU CHOOSE

Do a $1000 in sales in your 3^rd 30 days I will give you $25 in sales aids —- YOU CHOOSE and $50 in product!

Every $1000 in sales you do in your 90 days to 180 days (6 months) I will send you a free Gift!

Every recruit you sign on and she does at least $500 in sales I will give you $25 in product —  YOU CHOOSE!!!

 

Complete this FAST TRACK PROGRAM you’ll receive lots of great rewards from me!!

 

 

www.lilatoy.com    barri@glicktruck.com      914-799-1969

 

I also hire people to do parties for me across the USA, I pay 70% commission of PROFIT.

Just the thought of Obama approving shooting DOWN ISRAELI PLANE!!

Did this make national Headlines? NO. Did it make it to the ever ready CNN? NO. Is it even true? I don’t know. All I do know, is that the thought of this, even if it is a horrible rumor is enough to shake me to my core. For those of you who may have missed this deplorable article, please refer to ….well, what do you know? As I left here to get you the address to read the article which was originally in The Daily Beast, is now on ABC News website. Added 34 minutes ago. Direct quote, “The national security adviser for former President Jimmy Carter, Zbigniew Brzezinski, gave an interview to The Daily Beast in which he suggested President Obama should make it clear to Israel that if they attempt to attack Iran’s nuclear weapons sites the U.S. Air Force will stop them.”

The security advisor to the former President Jimmy (I am now certifiable) Carter is hoping to  advise Obama? How convenient. Carter in my opinion has completely lost his mind, should be put away somewhere (for OUR safety), my choice would be Syria…but thats just a personal opinion, this person is now making suggestions to the most PRO Muslim president the USA has ever had to shoot down Israeli Jets…to protect Iran? The very country who has over and over again pledged the annihilation of Israel, and burns the USA flag at any chance of a camera on them? When did we decide to PROTECT Iran, and actually THREATEN our closest ally in the world? I am pleading with whomever reads this blog, to pick up your pens, your phones, get on your keyboards…write the WHITEHOUSE. If he (President Obama) is perhaps not in a tv studio, he will get these letters of disgust.  Enough is enough. Let him go on TV, his favorite place to be anyway, and say LOUD AND CLEAR that this will NEVER be a cause for concern. That he would NEVER even contemplate such a heinous action.  On this holiday of Rosh Hashana, this is not the news we need to hear. Jimmy Carter, and Zbig Brzezinski need to go find a body of water, and throw their crumbs in NOW.

NOW HIRING

A New Job, A New Life, A New Beginning

 

I have thought about this for a long time, giving it much thought and consideration.  I became a Brown Bag Party rep early this year. I have had much success with the parties, but having a full time job, being a full time single mom and in general just not having enough time in each day, I have not been as successful as I would have liked to be in the recruiting area of new reps. I am well aware of those who recruit like crazy, and have over a hundred reps on their teams.

 

I have come up with a new idea for taking this business to new heights. I know many people just don’t have the extra money to buy into new businesses at the moment. I understand that there are many who just are not interested in taking any risks or making an investment in a venture that might not be a perfect fit. Maybe you have had a not great experience with past business attempts.

 

I now have a solution that I think will rock this industry. Instead of you purchasing the kit, and becoming a rep on your own. I am hiring people who would be interested in an adult business, which is social, fun and very profitable with NO or LITTLE INVESTMENT on your behalf. You would do the parties, and I will pay you 70% of your NET. Example: You have a party (or your hostess) has a party. That party grosses $500.00 (which is a very conservative number) the net on that party is $250.00 of which you will KEEP $175.00. Most people pay you the night/day of the party. As the order will go through me, I will be able to see exactly what the party did. If you were paid in checks or cash, you will actually PAY me the 30% (or $75.00). The hostess will get 20% in hostess rewards that will go towards any items she purchases. The party must be at least $250.00 in gross sales for her to get her award. (very easily done!!) There is NO OUT OF POCKET expenses for you for her rewards. You can do a catalog only party, or if you choose to have samples available, I will provide them to you at my cost. That would be your only investment. And, that is not even NECESSARY. It is suggested…. as people do like to see the products. But, many companies sell out of catalogs only. Look at Mary Kaye, or Avon!! If you wish to have samples, I would suggest a couple lubes, one or two vibrators, and some other low end items. At the most you would be investing approx. $100.00. (of course you can sell them right at the party, and then replace with your profits.) I will be paying all the monthly fees, all the credit card processing fees. This is a real job, not internet pipe dreams, or ad sense, word clicks, or any of the other pie in the sky money making scams that are out there. This is the old fashioned way of making a living. A real job. Nuts and bolts. You have a REAL product to sell, and real customers to BUY. If you have any question about how home parties are going, watch the news. They are consistently in the news, both Adult parties, the Lia Sophias of the world, Pampered Chef, etc. Brown Bag Party is without a doubt the “Cadillac” of home sensual parties. The products are very high quality, the pricing is extremely competitive and they have a cutting edge online presence. With text messages for new recruits, party postings, etc. There are always parties being posted all over the USA, as I am in NY there is no way that I can make it to Arizona to get that party. With employees all over the country we could get in on all these parties and profits that are available.

 

I am really excited about this, and plan on making lilatoy a national presence. So what we would be embarking on is a business inside a business. I hope that you too will be excited by this opportunity and join me in making a huge splash in this market!! If its something that ends up being fun for you, profitable (of which I have no doubt), there is always the option of you becoming your own rep. In the meantime, this is a great income producing opportunity. Call me or email me with any questions, and we can do interview online or on telephone. I will need two references, and age verification. NO ONE UNDER 18 can apply. No experience necessary. We have all gone to parties. That’s all this is. A party where you make money. What can be bad??

Halacha and Sex Toys

The surprises I have learned over the course of the last few months are the amount of Rabbis who not only approve of Adult toys, but favor them. When the choice is pre marital sex, or self discovery, many leaders of the orthodox communtity will come out (although not on the Bima) in support of vibrators, dildos and other female oriented sexual enhancers. G-D gave humans libidos for a reason. No longer do humans get married at an age that coincides with these human feelings. Hence the need and desire for the private usage of a vibrator.  This in no way, takes away the females virginity, nor does it harm her reputation or piety in anyway.  I am consistently amazed at the articles, webinars, seminars and information that is being offered on the subject of adult toys in the orthodox community. 

While shopping for these items used to be one of discomfort, it is now available online, in discreet, female oriented shops. Stores that will cater to a womans level of desire and then when they are married, there are many items to use together and explore all the pleasures that in G-Ds great wisdom bestowed upon us.  There are parties that are given in your home, discreet, safe, and totally worked around the level of comfort for you and your guests.

Enjoy this humanly delight, and feel proud that you are a woman who can get to know her own body. What a gift it will be to your husband to be able to offer a healthy and respectful approach to your love making. A relationship that will sustain you for the rest of your lives.

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions I am always happy to learn, and listen.

Wishing you peace and health.

Lilatoy.com

Pride without Prejudice

Tis the season once again to let the rainbow flag fly in all its glory. Pride marches are held across the USA this week, and its a week that swells my heart.  With heads held high, arm in arm we watch people who are out en masse with the ones they love.

What thrills me about this day, (here in NY) is that we look forward to it, as I look forward to Israel Day parade, St Patricks Day and Thanksgiving. It is a day that is not only fun, exciting, but tens of thousands of people who are participating both from inside the “club” and supporters of the “club”. 

The first March was held in 1970, and allegedly will be considered a March and not a parade until there is full and equal rights for all, according to the LGBT community. Hasn’t that day come already? How is it that we have now elected a black man president, we have seen destruction of a massive proportion on our soil, we have waged war against countries that have commited genocide and lack of equal rights towards their citizens, yet full rights to love is still eluded here in the very country that was built upon EQUAL RIGHTS?

Have we still not learned from earlier mistakes. We are ashamed of our slavery history, our imprisoning of Japanese Americans are never spoken of, and here we are, still withholding basic human rights to our citizens to marry and live a loving life with the partner of their choice.

It is a no brainer. If I can marry, then so should my neighbor. The constituion has no words that carry a message of same sex marriage. Those who oppose this celebration of life and love due to an arbitrary portion of a bible written by story tellers, are inflicting their self imposed rules upon those of others.  This is the fortieth anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, which started the Gay rights movement in NYC.  Let this be the last year that this will be known as a March, and starting in 2010 let it be called a PARADE.  Come out, straight or gay, show your support and call upon your representatives that the time has come for true EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL.  The only people who should be in a closet, are those that have an issue with same sex marriages.

Let the rainbow flags fly with pride and right next to the flag of the USA. For this is who we really should strive to be. Land of the FREE, home of the BRAVE.

This blog was originally posted on June 27th, but I thought it was worth repeating with election day drawing so near (once again…) VOTE YES ON SAME SEX MARRIAGE. Although wording is somewhat confusing…(on purpose???) Just keep in mind, whichever State you are in, FIGHT FOR THOSE who only wish to love whom they love. If it is on your ballot in your state, its your TURN to take a stand. Your voice is heard by a simple click on a lever. If it isn’t on your ballot, write to your legistlaturs, congressmen, and Senators. TODAY. Time is UP.  Make the next MARCH a PARADE!!!! As it deserves to be.

Lila Tov with Lila Toy

I know, it might be a little corny…but when trying to come up with my business’s name, it had to be hebrew, and it had to be cute. Those were my pre-requisites.  I had a lot of well meaning friends helping me, but the truth is, when you get it, you know it. After three weeks of batting around all kinds of possibly cleverer, more sophisticated, or just more fun names, Lila Toy was the one that stuck in “gut”.  While talking to my partner who lives in Israel, I went to say good night to her, in hebrew it is Lila Tov, and kidding around I said Lila Toy. What do you know, a NAME is born.

While laughing about this, I realized, isn’t that how we basically do everything that is important to us. How many months do we think of babies name, or what car we will buy, the home we will own? When you see it, hear it, taste it…you just KNOW.  It was most important to me to be PRO ZIONIST, pro Israeli, and totally and completely open and honest regarding sexuality amongst Orthodox women.  It has taken some time to build this relationship.  Countless emails to Rabbis, (some answered, most did not….) Sex Therapist that are themselves Orthodox, and honest talks with the women themselves.  The more I spoke to my clients of choice, assuming I would be teaching them more about my products, the safety factor, the pleasure factor…the more I learned.

What started out as a smart business niche, has changed my entire world.  Religion always was important to me. I grew up in a secular home where being Jewish was just what we were. It didn’t have a PLACE of its own…I was the only one who took it to heart. I placed an incredible amount of self in it.  I am fairly convinced that I came into this world as a card carrying zionist waving the Israeli flag.  What ended up happening while building these relationships is I have taken Religion to a whole new level within myself.  The teacher was TAUGHT. Now, not only do I have my client base that is growing daily, new friends who are wonderful, but I now have a deeper level of meaning and peace inside myself. How blessed I have been.

Meanwhile, back to what this short blog was about. A name is a name is a name. But for every soul out there, remember, much time and heart went into that name.  Respect the name, and the person. Within that respect you will have it come back ten fold.

There you have it. Why my business is called Night Toy, just with a hebrew slant.

Enjoy, be happy and Lila TOY to you all.

In a Sea of Get Rich Quick Tweets…

Minute after minute there appears another url promising riches, thousands of followers, and yet another way to beat the system  Please don’t misunderstand, I am addicted to twitter just as much as the next tweeter…that being said, even though its 2009, there are still ways of making an honest, fun and profitable living without pushing a million new ways of getting ten thousand followers.  To me the most interesting tweets are those that actually teach me something, invite a discussion or debate. Those who aggitate me with ideals that are so far from my own are my reason for “tweeting”. Debating the cause of what I call “Displaced Jordanians” with those who are ANTI Israel, is what truly makes me keep going back. Who else am I going to debate this with on a minute to minute basis. People who are in what I call my physical reality, are sick to death of hearing about it. These faceless adversaries online give me the perfect platform for discussion. Combine that with the challenge of doing this all in 140 characters or less…well, the dynamics are just to irresistable. Do I advertise my own brick and mortar business on twitter? You bet I do! I have a fantastic business for those who actually want to work, and have control over their lives, their businesses and the growth of said business. Not hoping that a thousand people will click on their link.  At this very moment I am watching Internet Millions infomercial on TV. $20,000.00 a week? Snake Oil anyone??  What I do, what I sell, what I try to teach people is that my business, although you will make a supplement income, and if given the hours, a full time income…$20K a week is not going to happen. $800.00 a week, is more like it, doing it part time. Which, for me…is great. If I want to give more time, I make more.  I am admitting here, you will NOT be living on a 80 foot yacht in the caribbean within 6 months. Although, you will be paying off your credit cards, your mortgage, and finally start that savings account you have been dreaming of. So, whats the business? It is a quality adult based party business. Its a fun, laughter filled and educational business. Being built with a company who is growing daily, upgrading their business model every month. My company is called Lilatoy. www.lilatoy.com and I am a consultant of Brown Bag Party.  In this time of an email a second promising untold riches, tweets on your computer with “make money doing nothing”, texts to your cell phone assuring you financial freedom within 48 hours, to the infomercials I mentioned of tens of thousands a WEEK…..there is no wonder we are living in a society of pipe dreams, and credit card debt that will never see the light of day.  If you prefer to dream away, I wish you happy dreams. If you prefer to work your way to those dreams…then I wish you prosperity and the invitation to come check out a REAL WAY to make a living.  Together we can build a team that will exceed your REALISTIC dreams.  Here are the TRUTHS: You will have to work. The work is parties. You will make 50% profits. You will NOT HAVE any out of pocket expenses to reward your hostess. (an industry FIRST), you will make the profit immediately upon completion of party. Have a $600.00 party, get paid in cash or checks, and you walk out two hours later with $300.00 in your pocket.  Honestly, its up to you. Tweet away, and compete with the million other tweeters out there, or start a business that will start paying you the minute YOU ACTUALLY START to work. Its easy, but it the old fashioned way. Build a business the way your parents, your grandparents and others before you did. By all means, use the social networks to advertise, just don’t believe that the social networks will be your path to the life you dream of. That is something you yourself will have to make happen. When you are ready, I am here to hold your hand, and guide you to making your dreams a reality.  Yes, I know by writing the truth, I am going to lose those who want to bypass the hard work of building a viable profitable business. Thats alright. They are not the ones I want on my team anyway. So, look for me on twitter, I will be the one championing my beliefs, challenging those who are against same sex marriage, fighting tooth and nail for Israel to defend itself and occasionally advertising my business. I won’t be the one promising you pots of gold that are empty when you find them. Trust me, this isn’t your mothers tupperware party!!

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If nothing else, go to my website, click on the about me, and lets get to know each other.

Wishing you peace and profits in 2009. Lets grow together.

First Party

By now many of you know I have been working hard at getting my “DREAM” off the ground. A combination of a retail online site, with Judaism. What could be more natural than a SEXUAL site. A lovely area to shop for something to enhance your relationship with your partner. In focusing on the orthodox community, I have met some wonderful warm couples, and have been lucky enough to be open and learn. Not only about the sexual parts of their lives, but the absolute commitment that comes with Orthodoxy. The love that emanates from the families. While some see this as cliquish, I see it as tightly knit. The era, of when it took a village to raise a child, still exists in this community.  You can lean on your neighbor. You relate to your neighbor.  I started this to embark on a second income. Not a career, not a way of life. But, as I have continued my education, not only has it become a dream to make this a CAREER, but I realize the depth and energy that really does come from FAITH. I am thrilled to be part of it. Wish it hadn’t taken me so long.

Intimacy in the orthodox community

Forget everything you thought you knew. All the folklore, fallacies, and out and out lies. What “kosher sex” is really all about is love, passion and the knowledge that no matter what people think they know, is just that…what they THINK they know. The truth is, the Torah commands that the husband satisfies his wife. It is quite the opposite from the secular world, where men take it for granted that they are satisfied, so the sex must have been good. In the orthodox world, it is the female that is supposed to be guaranteed sexual satisfaction. Yes, there are some truths that we know. There is no sex during the females menses. The attendance of a mikvah at the end of her period. Wouldn’t it be lovely if we all partook in this beautiful ceremony once a month. The complete cleanliness of the mikvah. The pampering one receives from the woman running the bath. Not only is it a ceremonial bath, but it is a monthly manicure (of sorts) and Pedicure (again, of sorts) an exfoliation one could only try to emulate in the privacy of your own shower or bathtub. Also, and most importantly is the desire that two people have for one another after a mandated celibacy. The coming together at the end of this self imposed (yes, it is said, but how many people do you know that always do what is right?) denial of human desires? There is a beauty and the more I research this, the more sense it makes. We have all heard of absence makes the heart grow fonder….this absence occurs every month during child bearing years. I personally think it is a wonderful way to keep the romance alive and well. The excitement month after month of looking forward to making love with your life partner. Perhaps this is something the entire world can learn from. Instead of taking for granted, or having that “occasional” headache, we yearn to be with the one we love. Even after Fifteen years or more with the same partner. I have to admit…I am all for this!! With this, I end this wishing you all a Shabbat Tov and a Shavua Tov.