Why Are Orthodox Jews Living Like This?!
Kosher Money
Living Lchaim
5 • 781 Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2025
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Israel "Clappy" Clapman has gone viral on buses, in airports, and across WhatsApp. But behind the laughs and loud rants is a deeper story about Jewish life, hustle, and why our communities are drowning in pressure and debt.
In this unforgettable conversation, Clappy shares:
• How he became a Jewish internet sensation (without trying)
• The truth about $10 donuts, Pesach programs, and frum spending
• His top marriage advice
• What it means to raise kids with values, not just vacations
• His 5-job hustle to support his family—and the side hustles you’ve never heard of
Whether you’re laughing, crying, or rethinking your next credit card swipe—this episode will leave you changed.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
02:54 Meet Clappy
03:59 Clappy's Origin
06:14 Growing Up & Beyond
07:42 What Resonates With People
10:32 Did His Family Have Money?
13:35 Money: Nowadays vs. Yesteryear
15:22 Bar Mitzvahs & Bas/Bat Mitzvahs
16:50 Yeshiva Week & Midwinter Vacations
18:18 Second Homes and Bungalows
19:25 The Olden Days
21:16 Ohr Naava - Just $1 a Day
22:41 Twillory - Awesome Men's Clothing
24:15 Who Is Paying for Those Pesach Programs?
28:16 Why Are We Buying Chanukah Donuts at $10?!
30:24 The Jewish Hustler Working 5 Jobs
37:20 Opportunities Nowadays to Make Money
40:51 Meat Boards, Sour Doughs and Sushi Platters
44:51 BitBean Has Big AI News
46:17 Remembering Holocaust Survivors - Colel Chabad
47:35 Clappy on Jewish School Tuition
51:58 He's Never Touched His Beard
52:40 Clappy is a Rabbi!
55:11 How do Chabad Shluchim Make It?
1:02:14 Anything Can Make You Money
1:03:50 Clappy Gives His Personal Phone Number, LOL
1:04:22 Closing Rant
1:05:00 Outro: $100 Gift Card Winner & Money Tip
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| 0:00.0 | So 40, 50 years ago, there were people that had millions of dollars that were $5 shirts and $10 |
| 0:05.4 | pants and didn't go on vacations. My grandfather never had a car. If they ever got a car, he would rent. |
| 0:10.7 | They lived simple. They didn't talk about money. It was just like you did well and you gave stock |
| 0:14.7 | on. You just, you didn't change your lifestyle. Today, anybody with 50 cents is flashing |
| 0:20.6 | money and doing everything. |
| 0:21.6 | And then also the poor people and the middle income people are competing with the Joneses |
| 0:26.6 | and are spending way, way, way above their means. |
| 0:29.6 | And this is the overwhelming majority of people today. |
| 0:32.6 | The lifestyles we're living today are not sustainable |
| 0:35.6 | and something drastic has to happen and really quickly. |
| 0:39.6 | And then there's a few other things that have to change that have to be completely eradicated in the from community. |
| 0:45.1 | Like starting today, they have to be ended and all the Godilim and all the Ascanum have to just end them. |
| 0:50.2 | I can give you multiple examples. |
| 0:52.3 | Let's go. You're doing it because your friends doing it. |
| 0:54.5 | You really wanted to go to Ushiva week to Florida. It's that much fun. Maybe once every year, |
| 1:00.2 | but it's a status symbol. Today, if you're Syrian, you need a home in Deal, New Jersey. It's tens of |
| 1:05.3 | thousands of dollars. Today, even in Shabbat or all other communities communities you have to go to us. These are not bungalows anymore. It used to be bungalows. |
| 1:11.7 | Everybody had an opportunity to feel like everybody else. |
| 1:14.4 | The billionaire and the poor Shmagegi were at a broken-down bungalow with mice and rats and snakes coming out of the toilets. |
| 1:21.8 | Today they're winterized homes. |
| 1:24.1 | They're $300,000 to $600,000. |
| 1:26.3 | They need gut jobs. |
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