Why 2026 Is a Turning Point for Jews Worldwide - Living Inspired

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Ever wonder what would happen if you walked away from the rat race, actually stopped, packed your bags, and made the move? In this video, we meet a top San Diego litigation lawyer who did exactly that and made the move to Israel in the middle of a war. Stick around because in this eye-opening podcast, ML and I cross-examine this California attorney on how he pulled it off. >> I found myself litigating round the clock. I would sleep in my office at 1:00 in the morning, fall asleep, wake up at 6:00 in the morning and start running to court. And I found myself saying, "Did Hashem put me here in this world to just make money and fight all day in court till mine blew in the face? That's not my purpose." >> There's a lot of people out here. They don't have a penny, not a penny to their name. They've got some sheep and these are the happiest people I've ever met in my entire life. >> So, let me ask you, Ariel, is it rational to make aliyah? Now, I have a litigation practice in California. I've been litigating heavily there for the last 10 years. And I realized that my expenses in California, which I'm sure many many Jews also where Jews live, New York, Los Angeles, Florida, primary Jewish uh uh concentration of population, it's very, very, very expensive. uh my overhead of just living there of health insurance where in the states you got to pay out of pocket in most situations if you're earning a decent income and the Jewish schools, right? Just what I've had to pay to put my kids through Jewish private school. Uh you know, you can buy another home or two with what that cost is. So, I saw that I'm working, working, working

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10. 46:17tell me, how do we know that it's time to return to Israel? How do we…

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