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Ep 82Will Money Exist in the Messianic Era? Rabbi Reveals Eye-Opening Teachings
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If we tried to build the Third Temple right now, we'd start World War III, IV and V

We're waiting for God, and God is waiting for us.

Rabbi Lawrence Hajioff

Ep 82Nov 19, 2024

Will Money Exist in the Messianic Era? Rabbi Reveals Eye-Opening Teachings

with Rabbi Lawrence Hajioff

We're waiting for God, and God is waiting for us.

Rabbi Lawrence Hajioff

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The Gemara says Moshiach won't come until the last coin leaves the purse
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The Hebrew words for money reveal what money really is
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Try telling a fetus there's a whole world out there

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Quotes

“The world we see now, this grind you're talking about, is not the way it always was and it's not the way it's going to be.”

Rabbi Lawrence Hajioff

“We Jewish people don't have a monopoly on God. We have a monopoly on Torah and Mitzvot, but not on God.”

Rabbi Lawrence Hajioff

“This world was always meant to be a temporary reality.”

Rabbi Lawrence Hajioff

“There is a final page to the novel. There's a last scene of the movie. It's going to be good.”

Rabbi Lawrence Hajioff

Takeaways

  1. 1 Hard work ("by the sweat of your brow") and death came after Adam's sin. The daily grind is not how the world was meant to be forever.
  2. 2 Two views of the Messianic era: Rambam says the world goes on as normal, with work, some poor people and tzedakah, but with peace and clear knowledge of God. Others say nature itself changes.
  3. 3 In the Amidah, the blessing for livelihood comes right before the blessing for the shofar of redemption. Hajioff reads this as wealth coming before Mashiach and flowing to Jerusalem.
  4. 4 "What happened to the fathers is a sign for the children": Yaakov left poor and came back wealthy. Success in exile is meant to help build the Land of Israel.
  5. 5 Redemption is a process, not one moment. Gathering the exiles takes years of housing and infrastructure.
  6. 6 Tzedakah continues even in the early Messianic era. Hajioff notes the world has enough resources to end poverty if war spending went elsewhere.
  7. 7 In the future, jealousy and competition go away and work becomes simple; free time goes to knowing God. Jealousy drives a lot of money-chasing now - notice it in yourself.
  8. 8 Hebrew money words carry lessons: kesef (money) relates to longing; zuz (coin) means "moves" because money moves around; matbea (coin) shares a root with teva (nature) - a coin carries its maker's stamp.
  9. 9 Non-Jews have the seven Noahide laws and can pray to God directly.
  10. 10 The practical point: do the spiritual work now - learn, do teshuvah, build emunah.

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