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Ep 35Here's What Nobody Told You About Money (Feat. Rabbi Manis Friedman) | KOSHER MONEY Episode 35
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Torah & Jewish outlook · 0:45

Nobody who gave away serious money failed to make it back twice

Rabbi Manis Friedman

Ep 35Oct 2, 2022

Here's What Nobody Told You About Money (Feat. Rabbi Manis Friedman) | KOSHER MONEY Episode 35

with Rabbi Manis Friedman

Making money is not living. Making money is surviving.

Rabbi Manis Friedman

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There are people worth $200 billion. Is that a joke?

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Quotes

“If you hang your whole identity on the business, then every dip depresses you and every rise makes you arrogant.”

Rabbi Manis Friedman

“Wealth doesn't mean God likes you.”

Rabbi Manis Friedman

“How could you possibly be sane and think that God gave you $200 billion for you?”

Rabbi Manis Friedman

“You're not giving away your money. You're delivering the money to where it's meant to be.”

Rabbi Manis Friedman

“Either be generous or mind your own business, but don't lecture.”

Rabbi Manis Friedman

“I am not needy. I am needed. That's a celebration.”

Rabbi Manis Friedman

Takeaways

  1. 1 Careers can feel like guaranteed income, so we forget God. When your identity rides on the business, every dip depresses you and every rise makes you arrogant. You do this for a living; it isn't you.
  2. 2 Business exists so people meet people they'd never meet otherwise. Ask what you can do for the person in front of you.
  3. 3 Making a living is survival, not life. COVID showed how much of our running around isn't living.
  4. 4 Rely on faith but take no reckless risks. Build a vessel that can naturally hold income, then ask God to bless it. A store open three days a week is asking for a miracle.
  5. 5 Work is a partnership with God: we open the vessel and He fills it. Business is alive when value is added.
  6. 6 Wealth is not a verdict on you. It serves God's plan, and many of the best people had hard lives.
  7. 7 Wealth, love, knowledge and speech are given to be shared. Tzedakah is delivery, not sacrifice.
  8. 8 The Jewish people passed centuries of the test of poverty; now comes the test of wealth and comfort.
  9. 9 Give both ways: small daily coins to build the habit, and focused gifts for impact. If giving still hurts, think clearly and push through.
  10. 10 Money is powerful, so it can do great harm or great good. Don't use it to punish or reward people, and don't become dependent on objects (money, phones).

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