PART 3: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS INTIMACY WORKSHOP

QUESTIONS

A TASTE OF OLAM HABAH Shabbos Oneg climax Relations on shabbos

INTIMACY Separate from sexuality Love languages (Gary Chapman) Acts of service Physical touch Words of appreciation Gifts Quality time

HITCHADSHUT Our first mitzvah as a nation (Shemot 12:2) Pregnancy Post-partum/Nursing Exhausted Distant Angry/Resentful Peri-menapausal ED Depression Diabetes/high blood pressure/obesity/pain

THIS TOO SHALL PASS

MITZVAH ONAH Onah Answer Responsibility Moredes/t?

PRIORITIZE Mitzvat onah It’s a mitzvah! Time Money Effort Thought Planning

PREPARATION Shabbat and Intimacy 1.Clear schedule: Set aside the time 2.Procure supplies: Whatever you don’t have that you will need or want to make the experience how you want it to be 3.Prepare environment: clean, pretty, inviting 4.Create mood: flowers, candles, wine, words

PREPARATION 2 Hachana l’mitzvah Flirting Tenderness Appreciation Notes Cooking Cleaning Disconnect to connect Using technology

LEARN MORE Communication Self Partner Options Shared goals!

WOMEN

HELP Ricky’s Drug Store in NY lubricants awomanstouch.com DodsonandRoss.com (be careful!!!) Riteaid.com Sexual well-being

STARTING POINT

MORE QUESTIONS

REVIEW Vital Mitzvah Barometer and fountain Kedushah A taste of olam habah Learn more together Preparation is a good investment It’s okay to be who you are You can (and will need to) make yourself new

HATZLACHA RABBAH!!!