Your money should reflect your soul, not your soul should reflect your money.
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Ep 66If you've made enough money and don't need to work, do not retireRabbi Simon Jacobson
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If you've made enough money and don't need to work, do not retire
Ep 66A billionaire told me: it's a very lonely lifeRabbi Simon Jacobson
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A billionaire told me: it's a very lonely life
Ep 66I asked a wealthy man: would you give up all your money to get your kids back?Rabbi Simon Jacobson
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I asked a wealthy man: would you give up all your money to get your kids back?
Ep 66King David asked God: why did you create the wealthy and the poor?Rabbi Simon Jacobson
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King David asked God: why did you create the wealthy and the poor?
Ep 66He married into a very wealthy family. Here's the advice I gave himRabbi Simon Jacobson
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He married into a very wealthy family. Here's the advice I gave him
Ep 662,000 people showed up to my talk the morning Lehman Brothers collapsedRabbi Simon Jacobson
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2,000 people showed up to my talk the morning Lehman Brothers collapsed
Ep 66I ask people who they are and they hand me their business cardRabbi Simon Jacobson
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I ask people who they are and they hand me their business card
Ep 66The Rebbe asked a room of Chassidim who wants to be rich. Only five raised their handsRabbi Simon Jacobson
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The Rebbe asked a room of Chassidim who wants to be rich. Only five raised their hands
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Quotes
“Gelt, which is money in Yiddish, is the same gematria ... as blote ... mud ... it can muddy you up.”
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“Is your self-worth defined by your net worth?”
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“You may be living in a palace in a gilded cage, but it's still a cage.”
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“The only eternal thing about money is what you build with it.”
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“You can't build an army during a war.”
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Takeaways
1 Money is your time, energy and creativity in stored form. That makes it spiritual - it can build or destroy.
2 Judaism does not see poverty as the path to God. Be successful, but remember it is God's blessing and use it to build holiness.
3 Diversify your self-worth like an investment portfolio: family, values, Shabbos - not just net worth. Hard times show who built on what.
4 Tzedakah keeps money from turning into greed. Even a poor person gives, because giving brings dignity.
5 Teach kids to give early: money, time, a kind word, guests at the table.
6 Build your values before the test comes. If money becomes your identity, losing it feels like losing yourself.
7 Buying your children's love with gifts can end in estrangement.
8 The wealthy are God's trustees. Judaism allows private property and success but requires generous, self-imposed giving.
9 The highest tzedakah is a loan or help starting a business, because it leads to self-sufficiency. Unearned money is "bread of shame" - people value $1 they earned over much more received as a gift.
10 You came to the world for a mission, not to get rich. Money is a tool for that mission, and you are not your job title.