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Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz on Money and Purpose

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Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz

Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz discusses Jewish perspectives on money, work, and life's purpose in this insightful interview.

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at the end of a person's life he's not going to say I wish I made another deal gee why didn't I go into the office last Sunday person's going to say you know why didn't I spend more time with my wife why wasn't I kinder to my children why didn't I care more about people the person you're about to meet in this interview is probably one of the smartest people I've ever met when I asked him a question he had not only the answer but a thoughtful informative and answer but a thoughtful informative and insightful response he is somebody I was wishing I could interview we went to Israel this conversation took place I believe in early October before the attacks and it was a phenomenal conversation with rebbi brtz if you don't know who he is Buckle in and enjoy being a Jew awesome managing personal finances not so awesome welcome to kosher money we're privileged to be here in Yim at the headquarters of arame beautiful beautiful campus last I've been here it's really grown rert btz thank you so much for joining us today uh thank you it's real pleasure thank you for inviting me so this topic and the entire conversation will revolve around money finances and the opening question is why does God want so much of our time to be dedicated to the earning of money we know we work 9 to5 is that 9

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  1. 0:00at the end of a person's life he's not going to say I wish I made
  2. 5:47sanctify God's name that people should see a Jew uh lives by morality lives by ethics
  3. 11:24U more than occurred you know over several thousand years and he pointed out that that
  4. 18:03you know paper fax machine and I had to send a fax to China from Baltimore
  5. 24:16distractions because we're kind of we don't know what to do with ourselves and he says
  6. 29:56yum Kipper uh and you know in theiva World in particular El Y is kind of
  7. 35:39again ask your local Orthodox Rabbi for guidance on this but I do know that there
  8. 42:49definition of being a fjo and as a result uh we can have the sad phenomenon
  9. 48:27today we don't pass in that way because today employers are M on this okay but
  10. 54:05the top down in which they want their children to have more secular education they want

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