Kosher Lust: Love is Not the Answer - Hardcover

"The great virtue of Kosher Lust is that it will push readers to re-evaluate their relationships in a constructive way, allowing couples to explore the positive role lust can play in their lives. It is Rabbi Shmuley at his best." -- Rabbi Shmuley Boteach on Breitbart.com Daily Mail headline - 'Lust is key to all of the Bible's famous marriages': Controversial rabbi claims that sex and desire is more important than love. May 2014 Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, an author and former New Jersey congressional candidate, has written a new book on the topic called Kosher Lust, which was released on Thursday. The title focuses on how famous relationships in the Old Testament used lust to create a lasting bond. All of the famous marriages of the Bible are lust relationships, not love relationships, the 47-year-old father of nine told the New York Post of his theory. Just look at our patriarchs. Jacob waits seven years for Rachel and for him it feels like a few days. The first thing Rebecca does when she meets Isaac is veil her face, he added. Rabbi Boteach says that American marriages are constantly encountering trouble because they lack intimacy and desire. Daily Mail May 2014 Interview with the Author in Times of Israel.com " "The essence of desire is choice. What I say in the book answers what Freud wrote to Marie Bonaparte, Napoleons great-niece in 1938. Freud said hes been able to answer almost all questions of human psyche except one one question that no one can answer: What is it that a woman wants? I claim in this book to be the first man ever in history to answer that question!" Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

Boy meets girl. Boy marries girl. Boy and girl enjoy the sparks in the early years, but eventually settle into a comfortable friendship, and all passion disappears from their marriage. That's just the way it goes, right? As many as one in three long-term marriages in America are sexless, and most people accept this as the inevitable course of a romantic relationship. In this groundbreaking book, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach explains why the prioritizing of love and companionship in marriage is all wrong, and why we should not go quietly into that dark night of celibate marriage. It is not love, Rabbi Shmuley shows, but lust that is the glue of a marriage.In this book you will learn how to restore lust to its rightful place as the central pillar of marriage. You will learn about the three principles of lust, and how to tap into them to keep the flames burning in the family hearth. Finally, you will discover the incredible emotional and spiritual potential of the intimate marital bond. In a wide-ranging discussion that plumbs the depths of the erotic mind, Rabbi Shmuley delivers a revolutionary message with the power to completely transform your most important relationship."