Spending is Slowly Destroying Jewish Communities from Within
Kosher Money
Living Lchaim
5 • 781 Ratings
🗓️ 20 December 2023
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
The cost of an Orthodox Jewish living isn't low.
But do we make the challenge harder on ourselves?
Put another way, if I come to the Rabbi and say "Good news! I just received a 5% raise and I'm now making $175,000! I've made it! Finally, time to breathe."
How would he respond?
We went through that and more with Rabbi Eliezer Gewirtzman who eloquently shared his research, insights and guidance to everyone looking to live within their means (and a happier life as a result).
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| 0:00.0 | What's causing a rabbi's message to resonate with thousands and thousands of people across the world? |
| 0:08.3 | In September 2023, there was a viral recording going around within Jewish circles that really made waves. |
| 0:17.2 | It was a rabbi who was speaking to a community in New Jersey discussing what he sees |
| 0:25.8 | from his seat as it relates to people living above, within, or below their means. And it was |
| 0:34.3 | shell shocking. We brought him in, sat him down, ran through the numbers, |
| 0:40.9 | and the message he asked to share in this week's eye-opening episode. |
| 0:45.9 | In the studio, you'll see and hear from Rabbi Eliasur Gwortsman, |
| 0:50.8 | who really struck a chord. |
| 0:52.6 | He did his research. |
| 0:53.8 | He knows the numbers. Enjoy. |
| 0:57.8 | Being a Jew, awesome. Managing personal finances? Not so awesome. Welcome to Kosher Money. |
| 1:06.2 | We're here with Rabbi Gwirtzman from Lakewood, New Jersey, originally from Flappish, New York. |
| 1:14.5 | And the reason we communicated initially was there was, as they call it, a viral voice note from one of the speeches that you gave. |
| 1:25.5 | And you had a very interesting message, and we'll go through that you gave. And you had a very interesting message and we'll go through that, |
| 1:30.9 | but money apparently is something that we all need, we all have to work for, or at least most |
| 1:42.0 | of us. What did you see that led you to giving a speech like that? |
| 1:48.2 | I can't say there was one thing in particular, but it was a number of things that led up to it. |
| 1:54.9 | I think the way I would like to answer the question is as follows. Back in 2016, |
| 2:04.1 | so much mentioned to me that there was a pollster, a very small poster, that actually predicted the election right. He had predicted that President Trump would win |
| 2:10.6 | the election, and he got every state right. And they asked him, how did you figure it out? Everyone else got it wrong. |
| 2:18.0 | So he said he realized very early on in the election |
| 2:20.3 | that the media was very much alienating people |
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