There is a tradition that during our ancestor’s enslavement in
Egypt Pharaoh ordered husbands and wives to live apart, to ensure that they
would refrain from sexual relations.
Rabbi Shimon the son of Halafta said: “How did the daughters of Israel
react to this decree? They procured food
and wine for their husbands in the fields who were exhausted from crushing
labor. After their husbands ate, their
wives would take mirrors and gaze into them along with their husbands. Each woman would say endearingly to her
husband, “See I am more attractive than you.”
In this fashion each wife aroused the passion of her husband with the
result that these women became the mothers of many children. -Midrash Tanhuma
Several lessons emerge:
1.
Do not give up.
2.
In your relationship keep the flame of intimacy
burning.
3.
Love triumphs when given a chance.
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