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The Secret of Mikvah; For Women (only)

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Rabbi Aaron L Raskin

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[Music] many years ago the famous author and Speaker John Gray who wrote the book men and for Mars and women are from Venus came to our synagogue to speak on the topic of men and women we just had completed our mikva and I told him John would you like to see our Mikvah and he came into to the Mikvah he said wow this is great I the Mikvah he said wow this is great I love the Mikvah I say why do you mean you love the Mikvah he says well I'll tell you the truth Mikvah is the greatest secret for a happy marriage I say how do you know that he says well I'll tell you the truth when couples come to me and they tell me you know John we're not getting along together I say right away well for the first week you should separate go home sleep in separate rooms and don't touch each and don't touch each other simply talk communicate verbally and in one week you'll come back and we'll discuss your problems the couple comes back a week later and they say John you know we're so sorry we couldn't stay apart for more than 2 three days we had to get back together so we hope you can still work with us and Dr John Gray would say well that was my objective my objective was you should get back together and absence

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