How it works
Points, cards, and why the two go together
The whole program runs on one currency and one ladder. A boy earns points for the things that count, and the card he has climbed to decides what each of those points is worth.
Points are the currency
He earns them for davening, for learning, and for the way he treats the people around him. Everything else in the program is denominated in them.
Kept
They never expire and they do not reset. What he earned in Cheshvan is still his in Sivan.
Multiplied
The higher the card he has reached, the bigger the bonus added on top of every point he earns after it.
Spent
On real prizes. Spending them never costs him his card — the ladder only goes up.
Zones open the next card
Davening earns zones alongside the points. Every card carries a number, and reaching it is what opens the card above to apply for.
Reaching the number is permission to apply, not the card itself. The application goes to his parents to sign, and the Rebbe makes the final call — a card is something a boy is given, not something that trips over automatically.
Zones climb with him
The first card asks for a handful. The top of the ladder asks for a great many more — the higher he goes, the more it takes to go higher still.
14 cards, and every one pays more
From Standard all the way up to Royal. Each card adds a bigger percentage on top of every single point earned after it, and it never goes down.
+0%
on every point
+2%
on every point
+4%
on every point
+7%
on every point
+10%
on every point
+15%
on every point
+20%
on every point
+25%
on every point
+30%
on every point
+35%
on every point
+40%
on every point
+50%
on every point
+60%
on every point
+75%
on every point
What the bonus actually does
Twenty points on a Standard card is twenty points. The same twenty on a Royal card is 35. Nothing earned early is taken away, and everything earned later is worth more — which is the part that keeps a boy going in February.
What the points are for
Prizes come in six sizes — Extra Small, Small, Medium, Large, X-Large and Unlimited — and the higher the card, the bigger the size he can choose from.
Who is this program for?
It’s for a child who is motivated to win. A child who wants to be the best. A child who is waiting for “that” opening. A way to prove that he CAN be the best! He CAN work hard. He CAN Daven inside the Siddur. He CAN follow directions. He’ll prove it to you.
DMB. It’s the answer to a problem facing parents and their precious Kinderlach all over the world. That is the DMB solution.