Achieving Torah Greatness: The Significance of Financial Integrity

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What if the key to Torah greatness lies in financial integrity? This episode reveals the connection between financial honesty and spiritual growth as we explore stories of Moshe Rabbeinu's exacting financial integrity and discuss the importance of being straight with money in today's fast-paced world.

We also dive into the fascinating gemara that suggests rabbis and tzadikim value their money more than their bodies due to the purity of earning it. Furthermore, we touch on Rav Hirsch's observation of our neglect in learning the laws of Choshen Mishpat, the laws of money, and the importance of rekindling our awareness of these rules. Join us as we uncover the significance of financial integrity as a hallmark of greatness and discuss the steps we should take to ensure we act with integrity in all our financial affairs.

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I once heard Clalius-Seryl's Mashiach and the famous Mirur Magicirah by Yosef Elephant remarked facetiously that when we say the words in Benchink, harachamon, who Yefarnis Seinu, beckovod, please, hashem, give us parnosa in an honorable way so we don't have to resort to knocking on doors God forbid for some sustenance, that you can also translate the words that Harachamon, please, hashem, give us Yefarnis Seinu, give us some sustenance, beckovod in the form of honor, because a lot of Torah teachers or rabbis don't exactly become very rich.

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There ain't that much financial success in the world of being a machanich, so at least you know.

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So one has to take what comes his way and sometimes at least it's some honor that one can get, even though it ain't that much money.

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He said it better than I did.

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So, harachamon who Yefarnis Seinu, give us sustenance, beckovod in the form of honor.

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Anyway, this is truly the hallmark, it feels like, of Torah greatness, because I came across a piece from Revolva who says it's very interesting.

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When Moshe Rabbeinu had this Catoris Athon, as Revolva calls it, this big standoff with Korach, and they both were preparing their sacrifices, moshe's plea to the Almighty that his carbon should be accepted was please, hashem.

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And I will tell Hashem to be accepted because I will not be more worthy of the grace and the grace of the Almighty.

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When I went to save the Israelites from Egypt, i traveled on my own donkey from Midyal.

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Even though rabbis are very much entitled, the community helps them out and will give them a minivan, but Moshe rode his own donkey because he didn't want to be someone who was perhaps even the slightest bit having negios, the slightest bit, perhaps accused of financial impropriety.

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Moshe Rabbeinu was so exacting and he had such financial integrity and straightness and exactness that everything had to be done according to Harachamon, and that was his Hashem, sefasai tiftach and then Hashmonah estrev Hashem please listen to my carbon, because it was good with money.

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It's a very interesting gemara that tells us that rabbis, tzadikim, like their money.

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Holy people, like their money more than their bodies.

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And now she says because everything is pure and it's not stolen out, even a penny, and it's hard to make a buck if you're playing by the rules all the time and if it is done properly and you understand that this dollar is from Hashem and it can be used for good things, and it's important and this day and age that money moves so quickly, it's very important and sometimes we don't talk about it to make the steps, to take the steps to make sure that we're being straight with our money, to separate the miser, to make sure everyone's paid on time, and and Raphersh once remarked that it's a shame that we don't learn the laws of Haishen Mishpat anymore, the laws of money.

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In fact, he wrote in his will that I was paid every quarter, but since now that I have passed away, make sure to pay the money back and only take what we have.

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But this is the hallmark of greatness and Deid Moshe Rabbeinu actually stitched his pockets shut when he was collecting for the Mishkan, so that not even a cent should fall into his pocket unjustly, unfaithfully.

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Financial integrity is the hallmark of greatness and by yo-yo Meryl Hashem, al-taif and al-man-khasim, because loy khamar echad mayhem nasasi, but loy aryoysi is echad mayhem.

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Money is very, very sticky.

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Let us make sure that we are taking the steps to be straight, just and act with integrity in all of our financial affairs.

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