The Truth About Money Nobody Talks About - Rabbi Zamir Cohen (AI)

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

Happiness can refer to money. A person who is financially saturated is called wealthy. And there is happiness that relates more to inner feeling, not material but fulfillment, satisfaction, being a truly happy human being. In this lesson, with God's help, we will look from a Jewish perspective at how a person can reach a combination of both. There are people who have wealth but do not have happiness. And the opposite exists too. And someone who merits having both certainly lives on a much higher and better level. Let us look at the words of King Solomon in the book of Proverbs 10:3. There is one who becomes wealthy though he has nothing and one who becomes poor though he has great wealth. This special wording spoken by the wisest man in history has many explanations. Rashi alone offers three interpretations on this verse and others add several more. And it seems clear that King Solomon intended all of them because the wording itself naturally awakens all of these explanations. Let us begin with the first one. There is one who becomes wealthy though he has nothing. meaning there is a person who becomes rich even though in the beginning he had absolutely nothing. His starting point was no wealth at all and yet you see him becoming successful and reaching great fortune and one who becomes poor though he has great wealth. There is someone else who loses the great wealth he once had and falls to the lowest level until nothing remains. What is King Solomon teaching here? He says, "Look at the world. Look at life. You will see poor people who became wealthy and wealthy people who became poor."

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1. 0:00Happiness can refer to money. A person who is financially saturated is called wealthy. And there…
2. 4:08cold." The boy asked, "So what can I do?" The garbai said, "Come work in the…
3. 8:49also took out something made of gold, but not a pen. He pulled out an ink…
4. 13:26"Honor your wife. Buy her things that bring her joy. Be careful not to hurt her…
5. 17:36Shabbat, for she is the source of blessing. What does it mean that Shabbat is the…
6. 22:16Our sages said, "Who is wise? One who sees what is coming? Why waste money on…
7. 26:55hands with blessing, with abundant livelihood." And then there is Burkat Hamon, the blessing after eating…
8. 31:01He is wise and intelligent. Even someone trying to lie would not tell a lie so…
9. 35:41alfin and he are pronounced differently. In modern Hebrew, many people pronounce them the same, but…
10. 40:17Therefore, Solomon says, "If you are entering an agreement, you must discern whether the person is…

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