Money, Meaning and Moving to Israel ft. Yaakov Ehrenkranz

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The opening of this shiur, in Shtark Tank’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

Most people realize that, you know, the word aliyah doesn't just mean moving, right? They're they're going up. They're coming for some bigger purpose and they know that's going to come with changes and people know themselves like can they how much change can they handle. It's it it's definitely it's something different and that's why people are willing to come even though it will probably cost a lot of sacrifice but it's worth it. This is home. >> Shalom. Welcome to Stark Tank, the podcast about the challenges and opportunities of being a bentora in the opportunities of being a bentora in the workforce. This week we sit down with Yakov Aaron, a financial adviser living in a rape jamsh. This episode is a little bit different. The first half will sound more familiar. We trace Yakov's life journey from his childhood in Memphis through his time in KBY, his professional journey, and the Ian Morning sad he learns daily. But the second half of this conversation, we do a deep dive on a few topics related to money. Yako spent significant time helping families with their aliyah journey. And I want him to share some of the lessons that he has learned about here. >> So, I think you're the first Shark Tank guest uh who hails from Memphis, Tennessee. So, maybe you could just start with a little bit of a background about yourself, your childhood, and what life was like growing up down there. >> Yeah, sure. So, I did uh as you said, I was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. I was there basically until I uh went to Yeshiva, which we could talk about later. Memphis, you know, it's out of town, very uh say slower paced than maybe some of in town, very relaxed place, but thank God had a fair amount of Jewish infrastructure. I stay school,

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1. 0:00Most people realize that, you know, the word aliyah doesn't just mean moving, right? They're they're…
2. 5:34learning and just the commitment that the rebay display and the other students also in this…
3. 10:40world of finance or investing. So it fit my interests, it fit my needs, there was…
4. 15:48nice being able to help people hopefully with good things sometimes to get out of tough…
5. 20:55it's not all on you to to produce everything and depending on how things are structured.…
6. 26:35one thing, which is what specifically drove you there? Was it the fact that Gali was…
7. 31:39an attached house instead of a uh you know uh you know a standalone house like…
8. 36:45who come live less, I would say, with with less of the creature comforts or less…
9. 41:55Israeli salary with a you know growing family. Um and so that created some some uh…
10. 47:03you know, have a little bit better conditions or maybe a smaller down payment and then…

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