Understanding The Jewish Prescription for Wealth: Maaser (with Rabbi Yosef Kushner)
Kosher Money
Living Lchaim
5 • 781 Ratings
🗓️ 28 August 2022
⏱️ 89 minutes
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Summary
Rabbi Yosef Kushner returns to the Kosher Money podcast to discuss Maaser, the charitable act of giving away 10% of your earnings to charity.
Is it a biblical commandment? Where did this custom come from? What are the benefits? Can one give away more than 10%? Those questions and more were discussed in an action-packed episode.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to another episode of Kosher Money. |
| 0:03.5 | This one is a bit different. |
| 0:05.8 | So if you do not have a Jewish background, this episode may be a little bit more difficult |
| 0:11.5 | to understand. |
| 0:13.1 | We sat down once again with Rev. Yosef Kushner from Lakewood, New Jersey to discuss |
| 0:19.0 | everything there is to know, or lots of things there |
| 0:22.5 | is to know, about MISER, the mitzvah, the custom to give a tenth of your earnings straight |
| 0:31.8 | to charity. |
| 0:33.5 | What does it mean? |
| 0:34.8 | Where does it come from? |
| 0:36.0 | Is it a biblical commandment or rabbinical commandment? |
| 0:39.8 | We got into that. What are the benefits of doing it? A lot to learn in this week's episode. He is a blast. |
| 0:48.3 | We had this episode on July 4th, so it's running a couple months later. And there were explosions in the background from the fireworks. |
| 0:56.5 | I don't know if the microphone will pick it up, but it was a blast to listen to. |
| 1:02.1 | And no pun intended. |
| 1:03.9 | And yeah, if you have questions, if some of the language is a little bit difficult to understand, hit the comment section. |
| 1:10.4 | I love when people ask questions and other listeners comment. It's awesome. some of the language is a little bit difficult to understand. Hit the comment section. |
| 1:16.8 | I love when people ask questions and other listeners comment. It's awesome. This week's episode is sponsored by approvedfunding.com. Our friends over there can help you with mortgages, refinancing. |
| 1:24.8 | I'm excited to you. You'll hear more about approved funding in this week's episode |
| 1:28.9 | exactly from the mouth of Shmul Shaiwitz, the president and CEO. And this week's episode is also |
| 1:36.1 | sponsored by Colelhabad, Colechabad.org, doing magical things in Israel for the seniors there, for the poor families. |
| 1:46.0 | Really awesome stuff. |
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