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Jewish money secrets. Says the Talmud in tractate Avodah Zarah. Wow, idol worship. Say no to idol worship. Except if you're learning the Talmud on how to say no to idol worship. So then say yes to the Talmud to teach you how to say no to idol worship. Says the Gemara Avodah Zarah Yud Tes Amud Bet, 19 folio B. V'chol asher ya'aseh yatzliach. Quoting the verse from King David from the first of the Psalms. Psalm number one, verse number two. That a person Ashrei ha'ish asher lo halach ba'atzat r'shaim. Praiseworthy is the person that does not go with the advice of the wicked. That's the way the entire of the book of Psalms begin. Ashrei, praiseworthy are you that don't follow the advice of the wicked. So King David is warning you with such a reality called the advice of the wicked. And praiseworthy are you that don't go in their ways. So first be aware that such a thing called being praiseworthy. And you are praiseworthy for not going in the ways of the advice of the wicked. And then King David points out V'chol asher ya'aseh yatzliach. And everything that you do by being somebody that goes not in their ways, you will ultimately be successful. Y'hi ratzon. So says the Gemara Amar Rabi Yehoshua ben Levi. This idea, davar zeh kasuv ba'Torah, this idea that everything that you do is going to be successful is written in the Torah. Shanah b'Nevi'im is repeated again in the Prophets, u'mishulash b'Ksuvim is a third time pointed out in the writings. Anybody who dies not somebody just learns to
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- 0:00Jewish money secrets. Says the Talmud in tractate Avodah Zarah. Wow, idol worship. Say no to…
- 1:36Y'hi ratzon. So says the Gemara Amar Rabi Yehoshua ben Levi. This idea, davar zeh kasuv…
- 3:12So somebody that's involved always sick by Tyra. Somebody who makes his business Tyra. He's so…
- 4:47Which is part of the authenticity of Torah, is that the ones who accepted this agree…
- 6:53That you will be successful. You will have success in all that you do. There will…
- 8:33the most holidays, and there's four Shabbats as of course. So how many days practically? Not…
- 10:07And if you do that, says the prophet Yoshua, Joshua. Many times people like to comment…
- 12:08of the bris and he overcomes that, that's already called an ish matzliach. And in the…
- 13:43It's Hashem's Torah. But after you learn Torah, it literally becomes Josh's Torah. Your soul's Torah.…
- 15:20take our Torah. That's the real abundance. By the dip, Raboisai. Now is the time. This…
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