Basic Values and Morality
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Wealthy Lifestyle
Is there anything wrong with wanting a nice car of a big house? Would G-d consider this greedy? Answer: The Torah teaches us that we should give, if we can affort to, a 10th or a 20th of their income…
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Influencing the World
I was speaking to someone who knows Matisyahu, a Hasidic performer. One thing he remembers Matisyahu showing him is somewhere in the Torah where it says “do not let the world influence you, but let the world be influenced by…
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Inner Purity
Please tell me in lay terms, even for a non-Jew (Christian) what it is to look at and practice Inner Purity. One reason this subject intrigued me is it is an important issue for the Desert Father’s in the Christian…
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What does G-d want from us?
What does God expect of a person? Answer: King Solomon answers this question in the book of Ecclesiastes (Khoeles) 12:13, “The sum of the matter, when all has been considered; Fear God and keep His commandments, for that is man’s…
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Evil’s Appetite
I once saw this thought tha I can’t find the source for: “If you do not stop evil, it will multiply”. Thanks Answer: That exact phraseology does not sound familiar. The Sages do teach with regards to our base nature…
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Prescription for Material Wealth
What is the Torah’s prescription for material wealth? I once heard that a person should invest 1/3 of his money in stocks, another third in real estate and the last third in cash. Please provide me some other Torah thoughts…
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Non-Kosher Pride
T.S. Elliot said, “humility is the most difficult of all virtues to achieve; nothing dies harder than the desire to think well of self”. I’m finding this a remarkably true statement and would appreciate any suggestions or advice on how…
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Invasive Thoughts, Thoughts of Death
Recently I started to think a lot about death and I can’t stop thinking about it. It worries me a lot and I’m only 22 years old. I’m worried that G-d forbid I’ll get sick and die early. I don’t…