What Jewish people are taught about MONEY 

Not Jewish but love listening to Rabbi Jacobson. His wisdom is translatable across religions and cultures.

One of the most formative moments in my life was when Grandma got a promotion at the factory, and the promotion came with a raise, and she came home sobbing because she was afraid that it would hurt her wonderful, hardworking husband, who was a ditchdigger--a very intelligent man, but he had dyslexia, and they didn't know what to do back then with people who found reading so hard; when he was in school they didn't even have a name for it. I remember the moment he took Grandma in his arms and said, "Sweetie, we're a team. When you win, I win. And I am so proud of you!" Later on he took me aside and said, "Any guy who thinks his woman's success hurts his manhood ain't got no manhood to begin with." And he told me, "The world is changing. Don't look today at what's called man's work or woman's work--you're smart, you can do anything. Don't let nobody stop you!" He may have had trouble reading, but that man was wise!

Rabbi always makes sense on every topic! ✨💚

Yes! The Divine uses my job to bless me the finances that I need but also to being a blessing to others...what I release into the Universe the Universe keeps blessing because I can be trusted to do the right thing by the Divine! 🙏🙏🙏

Thank you Rabbi Jacobson ✡️🙏♥️🔥 Wish you and everybody here a beautiful day!! 💪🙂👍🎶

I am not religious nor jewish but it doesn't matter, this gentleman's gift of communication is so impressive that makes me stop and listen ... Grateful to your wisdom & sharing!

Thank you very much for this conversation. Talking about a state of mind, I find that greed can increase when wealth increases. It is true that people with a lot of money cannot spare it like a person with no wealth. Because their greed intensifies. The state of mind is so important.

I'm not even Jewish and but this is very pleasing to listen to, like motivation.

I'm not Jewish either, but a rabbi helped me see the light, and I am getting a lot out of these videos

The questions she asked 🤯 and the answers he had 🤯 spot on with my life!

I love what you guys say at 25:00. I still regret and feel hurt my parents did not listen to my soul and put there fear in me. I'm a 47 year old and chasing my musical goals but I don't want to look back and turn to salt. So I try to work on myself.

I like that quote at 12:27 "you can plow the earth, you can't make the rain"

I’m a young man from Brooklyn ….. I listen/watch all of your videos. Thank you

I was always searching for a country actually to motivate me but slowly I found it is the Jewish community that has been my biggest inspiration. Modern, but attached to roots and culture and so good in Business too. All rounders and so brave too

Thank you Rabbi Jacobson🙏🏿 Gleaned a lot from this powerful segment.

Great interview! Thx for the post!

Absolutely love your wisdom, thanks for sharing and best wishes from your follower in Scotland

Back in the '70's when there was a big "Jesus Saves" push, I remember a bumper sticker that countered rather wittily, "Jesus Saves --- Moses Invests!" :)

Rabbi is on fire... Videos every few hours now!😃

I am not Jewish, nor religious, but I find Rabbi Simon speaks to a part of me that religion cannot find. He has become my teacher.

Awesome Rabbi Jacobson much needed !

Loved this interview with great questions and brilliant answers. God bless

Very wise words and good to hear. Thank you.

Great interview. Many thanks for this. So much wisdom.

I was born in 1948. I had a Jewish upbringing. I was never taught anything at all about money. Not one thing. Spent saturdays at the reform temple learning about Jewish history, culture, and customs, a few days some hours after public school was over, were spent learning Hebrew. The word money was never even mentioned. Same thing in public school. Not a word about money. We weren't even taught how to properly make change, how a sales clerk should count up from the amount of the sale to the amount tendered by the customer. Everything I learned about money I learned as a result of my curiosity that caused me to ask questions, and go to the public library. When I had money questions for my parent, they were reluctant to answer. It is as if they wanted to prevent me from knowing anything about money.

Again, thank you Mr Rabbi.

The words of wisdom of that man are realy meaningful.

So verry nice to listen watching here in philippines sir with my 7years old son.

Beautiful. Thank you❤

Great interview!

Great stuff. Thanks.

"Do the ethical right thing, and God blesses you!" 👍

Great conversation I like the topic 🎩📚 on wealth and how he explain it, both of them great conversation.

Nothing lasts forever. Nothing. All is change. Impermanence is what makes life precious and perfect.

Respect, thank you Rabbi Mr. Jacobson 🙌

Lovely insight Rabbi 🥰

Spiritualizing money, I like that idea. And to heal the divide between the material world and the spiritual world into a unified perspective.

Thank you !

Love you Rabbi ❤

Thank you Rabbi.

Great wisdom here, thank you Rabbi.

A Incredibly confusing & painful reality, not every parent wants to give to their children. I've struggled to understand money & worthiness. It effects every part of your life. Just recently I've asked G-d in prayer many times for understanding because i feel like I'm missing something. Thank you for this video ❤

Shalom Rabbi, and blessings of the Lord to all.

I used to sell high end cameras and had a few Jewish customers who taught me to not take my wallet the first time I go looking for a new item, do your research and then return to purchase. Takes away the impulse.

بسیار زیبا از خداوند تشکر میکنم بابت این اگاهی زیبا

Glad I stumbled upon your videos dear Rabbi. I am an atheist but still find so much to learn about life from you, everyday. Thanks for the treasure of knowledge you give everyday. UK primary schools mostly teach more about Islam and some Hinduism and Sikhism but rarely Jewish knowledge. How to bring about this change?

Wonderful!

🙏🏽🔱🙏🏽 Understand thyselves first before wielding any energy...shalom, I understand Rabbi 🤔🔥

Got the book!

Money is not the problem, but the LOVE OF MONEY. You can have money, doesn't mean you love money.

So true everyone has something to give. Even if they don't know it.

When people pick fear (insecurity) takes precedence over relationships, greed takes hold. I love the concept of spiritualizing money. My dad did that but may not have taught it explicitly. I was blessed but only through the gift of discernment was I able to see it (truth is I've been massively blessed (not money) had I had eyes to see it with). Love your truth!

beginning is interesting about spiritualizing money and looking at money and income in general as gods blessing and giving Tzedakah. Money is spiritual and with it we transform the material into the spiritual

I have his book Towards a meaningful life. I purchase it back in 2010 or 2011. I went to a Jewish book store in New Jersey and ask the Rabbi inside. I'm just now finding out that I am Jewish. Outside of the Torah what would be a good book to read and he suggested Rabbi Jacobson's book. A beautiful read and such profound wisdom. I advise anyone to go get a copy. Shalom!!

I don't give money. I give advice, a listening ear, plants, knowledge, I give a visual to how to live a good life. .. everything I give helps in a way money could never help

I don't ask for anything except for His guidance.

Shalom

It's amazing how everything is lining up, Gold&Silver will soon break out creating a financial paradigm shift on Earth. Gold is the metal of truth or the tears of the Sun. A monolith landed (watch the movie 2001 A space Odyssey by Stanley Cube-ric) in south of Sweden a couple of years ago, marking the paradigm shift in consciousness coming soon!

Somehow I had to think of the following during this very good discussion: The Most Famous Chinese Horse Proverb -> Sāi Wēng lived on the border and he raised horses for a living. One day, he lost one of his prized horses. After hearing of the misfortune, his neighbor felt sorry for him and came to comfort him. But Sāi Wēng simply asked, “How could we know it is not a good thing for me?” After a while, the lost horse returned and with another beautiful horse. The neighbor came over again and congratulated Sāi Wēng on his good fortune. But Sāi Wēng simply asked, “How could we know it is not a bad thing for me?” One day, his son went out for a ride with the new horse. He was violently thrown from the horse and broke his leg. The neighbors once again expressed their condolences to Sāi Wēng, but Sāi Wēng simply said, “How could we know it is not a good thing for me?” One year later, the Emperor’s army arrived at the village to recruit all able-bodied men to fight in the war. Because of his injury, Sāi Wēng’s son could not go off to war, and was spared from certain death.

*That it's the most important thing there is.*

Thank you for the great sharing, very good learning. Just a question, when we ask for sth in prayer, how do we know the answer whether it’s a Yes, No or Wait? Do we keep asking infinitely until our last moment? Or shall I just ask for more wisdom to understand the answer better? I kept praying for wisdom in life but sometimes I still find I don’t have enough wisdom to understand the answer/direction, whether it’s yes, no or wait., Thank you again for all your videos, I learn so much from all the sharing

It’s hard to believe that God trusts those who he blesses with wealth when you look around the world today…

Don't ask for abundance ask for wisdom, nor wealth but justice

Phenomenal

When a man or woman is endemically performing below expectations, sometimes it might be because of spiritual problems which need attending to through prayers of deliverance.

I believe theres something valuable to learn from the conversation between God and Moses on Sinai that can be extracted here, in terms of the Spiritual nature of Money Make of Idol of Gold and make no idol of silver. Im not sure on the traditional Jewish interpretation of this idea, but on a walk yesterday I recieved a thought that what its also saying is to NOT Deify Money. Respect it. Even love it, appreciate it, and honor it like any other Divine Gift/Blessing. Ive noticed thru my own observations that its not uncommon for us (ppl) to sometimes place more value on money then whats truly valuable. But that some to Nature vs Nurture. Or a marriage of the two, to one degree or another. I dont entirely disagree with the statement that "we need money to survive". But I believe its important to establisb how it is that Money is being defined. Money having Soul is a....alien idea, but we could argue that it self is an alien form of life, to some degree. But something worth consodering is that if Money contains Soul, then to it must contain Intelligence. Divine Intelligence? I suppose that if it didnt then it wouldnt exist in the form in which it exists. Now thats an interesting idea, to think like money thinks. Or to at least try to empathize with it. There is an amazing book i came across some years back called Happy Money, by Ken Honda. Not so much "spiritual", per se. But it revolves around the Emotional Intelligences that we attach with money. Basically, money feels towards us how we feel about money. Does the act of "making" money make you happy? Are you grateful for that which you are spending/investing your money into? There is a good habit that i learned from that book "Arigato In, Arigato Out" Its about showing gratitude for the opportunity to spend/invest. Especially on those payments/investments that may not be the most fun to pay. I love paying rent. Its my favorite. I cannot wait to pay my phone bill. The excitement for paying my back allimony payments is so exciting that I feel giddy. I suppose it helps to learn to turn the sarcasm into something serious. But at the same time, by do we feel bad about a specific payment to begin with? Why do i feel so mucb resistance to this one thing? Maybe there is a message behind the feeling that i need to be mindful of. If my Intuition and Inner Voice are both telling me the same thing, maybe it is in My best interest to pay heed. At least for now. Its important that I am comfortable trusting my connection with money. Which, is an extension of God. And i know that He is not going to lead me astray. Something i learned from Genesis is that every aspect of the Divine Butterfly Effect has a role to play in the bigger picture of the universe, and in my life. Maybe a good idea is to consider Money as a sort of Life Blood of God. They say money makes the world go round, maybe the Flow of money is in someway a reflection of the flow of Gods invisible Divine Life Blood. And maybe "saving" is something akin to clogging arteries. Saving money Who are we saving money from? We save money becauze we get this idea that money will save us. But who is actually saving money from us? Money is form of energy. It likes to flow, not be stagnant. It likes to flow In and flow Out, like the tides. The flow of the moon cycles are coming to my mind. Great topic tho. Ive been curious if the Jewish perspective of money was going to be much different from my own. I believe it also depends on how we define money. If its energy, or even just a container for energy, and spirit and intelligence, I suppose that its not entirely wrong to define it as more then just 1s and 0s in a bank account. I see exchanges like this of great monetary value. Which is what tends to compell me to share my own insights in exchange. If everything is an energy exchange of some sort then its imperative for me to give back from what personally receive. To Give/Donate/Share, i dont believe always has to have a $$ attached to it. But maybe thats what makes it vakuable in the first place, that there is no expectation for compensation in return, so to speak. I dont believe its against the Law to go out of your way for a couple extra Good Karma points 😉. Especially is there is some inherent value to be extracted, to one degree or another. I loved this conversation. Thank you both. The questions were as amazing as the responses.

I will listen to. Generalizations cut both ways-for good and bad. We all say, treat people individually not as group members.

God said to me: , Stick to the word and you will see what I will do with your life, So I do it. My passion are words. Btw great movie about private passion. Thx 4 it ❤

How is it possible to be as intellectual and smart as you Sir Rabbi Simon Jacobson? I am sure you have read and studied more than just the Bible and Talmud. Thank you for sharing your knowlege.

Hey man, I got this problem. I don't really care about money, and I'm basically content living as a monk or something. Trust me, I try really hard to care about money, but I just can't make myself do it. And please believe me when I tell you that I know exactly how important money is.

I always give

I come from a wealthy background. However spiritual abundance is so much more satisfying. I don't think God does favouritism to be honest. What about a street child in India... She is the same in the eyes of the Almighty as everyone else. Being charitable is moral, but don't do it to stroke your own ego or to get a blessing back. I think God has nothing to do with money.

Buy low, sell high.

Who is the lady? She is talking about her podcast ...but it is not mentioned anywhere

One may give your time.

It is a sin to leand money at an interest. But this is our whole economic sistem.

this is a certified Matthew 21:12 moment

I’ve been following these videos and loving them. You lost me at money. Be well.

There is no "religion" "I'm this, he's that." There's truth only. You either understand how it works or work for someone who does.

One litttle question if I may ask that God has given me so many things but not wealth . Will God mitigate this problem

Her quote of "if we are given talent for polishing pearls but choose to bake bread, it is not a productive choice" who originally authored the quote?

Wisdom

I turned a bank branch from never reaching a single hurdle in their goals to smacking the goals outta the park!! How?! 3 times a day I personally walked up to each n every employee and complimented them on something unique and extra that they alone offer to improve the banking experience of others!!! It literally only took 10 days to turn a looser branch into the most successful branch in the entire region!! Dynamic attention works and it is a real Jewish thing. Baruch Hashem

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I am the female breadwinner, my husband has several chronic diseases. I helped him start a business, he has a business partner, not me. He has written 9 books and produces festivals. And he has a great sense of accomplishment. I think he works too much.

It's not materialism vs spirituality. Spiritualize materials. Spiritualize your money. It's blessing. It's love. It's part of your dynamic and loving relationships with others. 💰🎯🌴🕯🐧😇🍁🕎⛵🐼✡ Use your God given faculties. They are part of your blessings. Blessings flow through your faculties as well. This is combination of effort and reliance. Keep your feet on the ground but head in the cloud. Wealth isn't man's ingenuity. God trusts you with wealth and talents. Show your kindness to others. You give upfront, not at the end. Your life isn't an entitlement. It's a blessing. Money can destroy you or make you great. Money turns the material into the spiritual. ✡✡🌺😇🕯💰🌀🌹 Thanks Simon. 31 March 2023.🌹🌴👻🤪💖👍🐧🍍🎯🎈

whats the answer without watching long video

Takt care 🥰see U on the other šíře🌈

that they own the printing press ?

It would appear that Yael is peddling the same prosperity theology as Joel Osteen.

The pants joke was solid

Rabbi Ur wise 🥰money Is good Its a thing like a refrigerstor oř aby other human invention🌈✨🎈

I need all the help and advice I can get relative to saving $ .. a recording artist producer w/ a 360 contract would help...anyway, Thanks Rabbi.

Funny how different cultures can be. In my country, from Europe, it's so natural for a woman work and sometimes be the breadwinner. I was the breadwinner for years. Now, I'm alone and still working and do not depend on anyone

Rabbi🥰GOD Elohim Is Simple ☺️🐥So preach IT🤲🏻🙏🏻✡️🕎🔯🌈✨💫Thank U

Here in the uk. Unless you pay for education they teach you how to be subordinate. Your lucky if you get one lesson in 16 years about money. No I’m wrong you get the £2.10 lesson on jack and Jill how much does she have left my bad sorry !

people always think paper currency is money, but unless its backed by gold its just worthless paper (or digits).

Judaism is practical. IMO this is one of the reasons the culture has lasted so long. In alignment with the rabbi's lecture; a rich person can help their community more than someone who is homeless & broke. FWIW, it's a rabbinical saying that we must act to fill our neighbor's empty belly, and not to fuss about our neighbor's beliefs.

Is it true the Gos called upon all Jewish people at mount Sinai (i hope i'm not mistaken) to be priests with Moses. And when God began to speak the earth shook and the people got frightened and the sent Moses to speak for them amd only the Leviți followed. This would mean living day to day, if God makes beautiful garments for all flowers of the earth and feeds all birds everyday, than so much more us that are so precious. ARTA ACTULUI RATAT. carl jung

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