Goyim vs. Antisemites What The Future Holds | EIKEV: STUMP THE RABBI (277)

We are back here on our Wednesday night stump. The rabbi we're after you guys will ask some questions and I am sure you will have some good questions tonight after you hear this and will give us the answers. Tonight's show is going to be for the and for David and all of and all the righteous Noahides that continue to watch us to learn with us and support. Anyone that wants to support can go toem.org soon to be updated. The up the website's going to be updated with some amazing things. There's other that website, the rabbi website, BH Torah website, all the websites are going to be updated. Some major things are happening. Bashem team Hashem is going crazy doing uh around the clock work. So, some big things are coming. Anyone that wants to support is more than welcome to. Uh and also those of you that are donating from overseas, sometimes you have an easier time donating on bhour.org. org our uh other website uh because it has a different payment terminal. So if you want to donate there, you can. And of course, those of you that want to uh send money through Weiss or through wire transfers, Bitcoin, all those good things, all that is available. So Kharim, tonight we're going to talk about a hot topic, a hot topic. Goim versus anti-semites. What does the future hold? When a Jew lacks connection to the truth, they often feel fear of the nations. The goim, as you already know from my previous lectures, the word goim is not a derogatory word when it's referring to the nations. It simply means nations. Even the Jewish people are called goim kadosh in uh in the Torah. So the word means nations. But when a Jew lacks the truth and lack of a connection to the truth, they often feel fear of the nations to the point where they confuse Goim with anti-semites. More so, they often forget that Hashem runs the world and that he already made some promises about the future. Parashat our weekly parasa begins with promises that Hashem made makes to the ones who cleave to him followed by the promises that he made to their enemies. Perhaps a good clarification is needed once and for all of who's who. So ech starts off by letting us know that if we observe the commandments, we are in good shape. As the Torah says, this shall be the reward when you hearken to these ordinances and you observe and perform them. Hashem your God will safeguard for you the covenant and the kindness that he swore to your forefathers. He will love you, bless you, and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your land, your grains, your wine, your oil, the offspring of your of your cattle, and the flocks of your sheep and goats on the land that he swore to your forefathers to give. You will be the most blessed of all the people. There will be no infertile male or infertile female among you and among your animals. Up to here we see Hashem's blessings. But to whom? To those who cleave to his Torah. If a person doesn't cleave to the Torah, they themselves uproot themselves from these blessings. Usually a story is the best way to bring a point. Now I heard this story directly from the person who said it, who experienced it. It happened about 20 years ago was a guy, a Jew that was and still is a DJ. A different major events, big weddings, thousand people, 800 people, big events. and so on. And this Jew wasn't exactly religious, but he had certain standards, certain traditions not to work on Shabbat. One day, a Russian woman calls him. She had a very heavy accent and she tells him, "I want you to come and do the bat mitzvah for my daughter. It'll have 15 girls there. and it's going to be on Shabbat. He said, "I'm sorry, ma'am, but uh I don't do small events and I also don't work on Shabbat, so I can't do it." "No, but you have to do it. I'm sorry, ma'am. I can't do it." And he hung up the phone. Not exactly the greatest manners, but nonetheless, this is what happened. The Russian woman calls again. You must do the party because my daughter wants you to do the party. Again, the man replies, "I'm sorry, ma'am. I can't do the party. I don't do small parties. I have other events and I don't work on Shabbat. Thank you. Click." Moments later, the woman calls again. He says, "You know what? Let me give this woman such a high price that nobody in their right mind will ever pay such a price that she'll just leave me alone. So he picks up the phone. Yes, ma'am. How can I help you? Name your price. This is what she says to him. And he says to her, $2,000. Which again, this is 20 years ago. It's the equivalent of probably close to $89,000 today. But again, it's only for 15 girls. It's not our big party. He says $2,000. She says, "You got it." Shocked that she said yes. He says, "Okay." Gave us the address. And that Shabbat, he drives to the place. Says on the way, "Sorry, Hashem, but it's $2,000. Never a good excuse, never a good idea, but nonetheless, this is the story." He gets to the place, he sees it's a house of somebody very, very wealthy. But as soon as he drives into the driveway, three huge bodyguards circle his car, his little van. Who are you? Who are you? And he realizes that he didn't get to just any rich person's house. Says, "No, I'm the DJ." "Oh, come with us." So takes out the equipment, goes inside, and the Russian woman says to him, "I want you to play music for 40 minutes. No more, no less." He realizes that he got to some Russian oligarch's house. There are strict instructions here. But nonetheless, the guy starts, sees a few little girls, 12 years old. He plays the songs. Exactly 40 minutes on the dot. As the mother is watching, she goes like this. Finished. And exactly then he packs up. And he starts getting himself ready to leave. As he gets himself to relieve, she the woman comes up to him with an envelope and gives it to his hand. He doesn't even check what's in it. He knows there's money, but he can't believe he just made $2,000 for 40 minutes. Goes into the car, looks at the money, counts $2,000, all $100 bills. He can't believe it. He goes home and uh rest for the rest of Shabbat. The next morning as he's about to go to work, gets into his car that was in tiptop shape because just 10 days earlier he had everything checked and fixed and updated. It was as if it was brand new. puts the car keys in, tries to turn it on, the car won't turn on. Can't believe it. Tries again, won't turn on. Gets a tow truck. The tow truck brings him to the place to fix his car. The guy tells him, "Listen, come back in an hour and a half. I'll let you know what's wrong with it." She goes, "Yeah, but it's brand new. We just fixed it." Okay. Well, it's obviously not turning on. Let me check. 20 minutes later, the guy from the shop calls him and says, "Listen, you have to come here right now. Something is horrible with this car." What do you mean? He gets there right away. He says, "Look, your engine is completely burned. No oil, no water in it. The engine is gone. You have to replace the whole thing." He says, "What do you mean? It's a brand new engine. He says, "Brand or no brand new? This engine is gone." He can't believe it. He doesn't even ask for the price. Obviously, he needs the van or the car. It's like, "Okay, do it." Three days later, the guy calls him to come back in and pick up his car. He comes in, car is ready, and he says, "Here's the bill. $7,550 shekels. He starts doing calculations in his head. He's like, "Wait a minute. Right now, the dollar versus the shekele is 3.8 shekels, which is exactly 7600 shekels, the $2,000 that I got on on Shabbat." As he's calculating it, one of the assistants comes in and goes, "Boss, boss, you forgot to include the 50 shekels for the one of the parts." Goes, "Oh, you're right. It's exactly 7600 shekels." And the guy says, "I felt as if a kadosh was in the shop sitting with us doing the accounting and telling me you thought you're going to make money on my Shabbat. It's all fake. You're never going to enjoy money you make on Shabbat." And he says even though he's not the most religious person in the world, from that moment on he understood that what Hashem said about Shabbat is not a suggestion, it's not a recommendation, but an obligation for the Jewish people. And he has never worked on Shabbat since then. So when says in our par that he's promising all of these amazing things to those that cleave onto him, to those that observe the commandments. That means observing Shabbat. That means believing in the 13 principles of faith. One of which includes reward and punishment. In my sh earlier today that I did in Hebrew with Rab Fry, there was one heretic that uh said that you guys are teaching about reward and punishment. You shouldn't. It makes people go away from it. And that type of mentality is not only heretical, it's completely stupid because that means that you have to erase half of the Torah. Once you start erasing parts of the Torah, it's not Tawa anymore. It's man-made. Earlier today, literally a few hours ago. I got a message from someone that's a hater. Now, Hashem, I get hundreds and hundreds of messages every single day. 99.9% of them is from fans. It's from supporters. It's from people that love the shim, have grown through them. Some started religious and became more. Some started secular and became more religious. Some non-Jews are became Jews. Some non-Jews becoming righteous nohides. All types of people. I deal with people from all over the world. But once in a while, you get a message from a hater. And this hater already sent me a message a few years ago complaining that I spoke against the evil actions of certain Jews which the anti-semites clipped and used as their proof that Jewish people are bad. And even though I tried to explain it to this Jew, the whole goal, the purpose, the truth, the difference between the truth and lies and so on, he wasn't getting it. But I didn't really get upset because again, he's confused. He has no idea the difference between truth and falsehood. And he's too scared of his own shadow and wasn't even willing to learn. But that was a few years ago. Today, he actually made me upset. Why? Because in his message today, he included some critical information, which is his son started watching my videos and likes them. And the father didn't like it. So he started telling his son how much of a bad person I am and such and such and how I'm fueling the fire for the anti-semites with all of my speeches. So hashem I already know the results of what we do as many of you have been watching my shim and films and see how there are many anti-semites that became former anti-semites as a result of watching our lectures even though they started by watching a clip that somebody made it look like as if I'm in favor of anti-semites. In fact, there is a guy named Lucas Gage who used to be apparently a very very vocal and very famous anti-semite that has abandoned that evil and has become a lover of the Torah and the Jewish people. So much so that he actually shares some of my lectures on his uh ex profile on his social media and he's contacted me before. We've spoke briefly a couple of times. Seems like a very nice guy and he has transformed his life. I'm not sure to what capacity my lectures have had on his life. What I do know is that he himself says that he's been watching them for a long time and he enjoys them and he really uh likes them and he is one of many anti-semites that has left that way and has become not only a former anti-semite but has become someone that actually loves the real Jewish people, those that cleave to Hashem. one that actually understands the difference between the lovers of God and the enemies of God. Not everyone has the merit to wake up before it's too late, but he did. But the thing is that people don't understand and what this foolish man that told his son not to watch my lectures anymore don't understand is there's a significant difference between goim the nations and anti-semites just like there's a significant difference between a Jew that cleaves to Hashem and follows his Torah and those that are anti-awa. a significant difference. One that is a Jew that follows a Torah is called the lover of Hashem and Hashem loves him. That's what last week's that's what himself describes it as. He himself says this. He calls those that love him, the ones that observe his commandments chapter 7 verse number nine. Hashem himself says through Mosherenu, you must know that Hashem your God, he is the God, the faithful God who safeguards the covenant and the kindness for those who love him and those who observe his commandments for a thousand generations. And he repays his enemies in his lifetime to make him perish. He will not delay for his enemy in his lifetime. He shall repay him. So here we see Hashem is describing those that observe the commandment, his lovers and those that ignore his commandments, his enemies. If a person wears a keeper, that does not automatically make him a lover because he can wear a keepa but be a heretic like Palvinov or Manis Freedman or any of the other heretics that we've spoken about and exposed in the past. Someone that observes the Torah does not just mean the way they look. It means their actions. It means their beliefs, their ideology. On the other hand, there are the nations. The Torah itself says that created from comes everybody, both Jews and Gentiles. Adam who created man in his image meaning that a person has free of choice the ability to distinguish between evil and good. So even the nations cannot consider themselves as something uh not good in any way because they were created in the image of God. But just like the heretic Jew that removes himself from being a lover of God or being beloved by God. The nations also have the ability to remove themselves if they do things that are against what Hashem said. And in fact, the promise that Hashem has to the anti-semites is in this week's para where he continues from where I left off. After Hashem says, "You'll be the most blessed of all the people. There'll be no infertile male or female." And then he says in verse number 15, chapter 7 of Deuteronomy, Hashem will remove you, remove from you every illness and all the bad maladies of Egypt that you knew. He will not put them upon you, but will put them upon all your foes. So already we see the enemies of those that cleave to Hashem are destined to suffer tremendously. You will devour all your all the people that Hashem your God will deliver to you. Your eyes shall not pity them. You shall not worship their gods for it is a snare for you. So here he is telling us first and foremost you should know that those that are anti-semites that are not clever enough to see the truth like this Lucas Lucas Gage did and others that have been watching my lectures over the years some of which have even converted to Judaism. But more than that, those people that stay anti-TRA, anti-semitic, anti-Jews are guaranteed to suffer a severe punishment. And it doesn't end well. It doesn't end there because Hashem says as follows in verse number 23. Hashem your God will deliver them before you and will confound them with great confusion until their destruction. He will deliver their kings into your hand and you shall cause their name to perish from under the heaven. No man shall stand up against you until you have destroyed them. The carved image images of their gods you shall burn in fire. You shall not covet and take for yourself silver and gold that is on them lest you be ins snared by it. For it is an abomination of Hashem your God. And then he says, "And you shall not bring an abomination into your home and become banned like it. You shall surely loathe it and you shall surely abominate it for it is bad. In Hebrew, when it says you shall not bring an abomination, it actually says sheets. The literal translation is actually when you bring this idolatry into your house and act like the idolatrous nations, you're inim you're cutting yourself off and you become sheets. Sheets is like disgusting because there's nothing more disgusting to Hashem than replacing him, the source of all good with nothing, with some man-made belief. Now, if that's not enough for some of these anti-semmites that like to make videos and like to make comments and so on, many of them unfortunately are Christians or at least they consider themselves Christians. It's very hard for me to understand the difference between one Christian and another because although I've met countless of them, I've never met two Christians that are the same, that have the same beliefs. Every one of them has a different man-made belief. But nonetheless, those that choose to be anti-semitic. When they're Christians, usually they like to use the book of Isaiah from Artan as their proof for their Yoshk. Interestingly enough, they always mention chapter 53, but why don't we go to chapter 49? Because I mean, after all, the book of Isaiah has more than one chapter. When we go to chapter 49, we see a couple things. First, Isaiah, the prophet that speaks in the name of God, talks to all of those Jews that are suffering to the point where they feel like God forgot them, like God has disowned them even though they observe the commandments, even though they've stayed loyal to him because the end of days is difficult. As says in Colet, there's no such thing as a person that doesn't have difficulties. Everyone has difficulties. You just have to find a way to enjoy and be happy through this life despite the difficulties. That's in essence the purpose of coit Ecclesiastes in English. But after Hashem replies to those Jews that believe he forgot them, he also gives a promise to all the anti-semites. And just like our five books of Moses that I just read where he promised to destroy them and so on, there's a little bit of a difference with the book of Isaiah because the book of Isaiah gives details. How will he punish those anti-semites? Now, you can't say I believe in Christianity in Isaiah 53, in Daniel 9, and you you don't believe in 49. It all goes together. Chapter 49, verse number 14. Here we go. This is referring to Ision said, "Hashem has forsaken me. My Lord has forgotten me." Can a woman forget her B? So, Hashem responds, Hashem responds to them, can a woman forget her baby or not feel compassion for the child of her womb? Even if these may forget, but I would not forget you. So, Hashem says to them, "YOU SAY THAT I FORGOT YOU. Can a woman forget her baby and not have compassion for them?" HE SAYS, "YES, IT'S POSSIBLE THAT a woman can forget her child in the car. Uh, it's possible that a woman uh disowns her kid." It's possible. AND EVEN IF THAT'S POSSIBLE, I STILL WOULD NOT forget you. Why? Behold, I have engraved you upon my palms. Your walls are before me always. says, "I'm always looking at you." Just like someone looks at their hands, everyone looks at their hand. It's there's a famous expression, you know something as well as the back of your hand. Hashem says it's as if you're engraved on my hands. Now, of course, the idoltors will say, "No, this is referring to because he had holes in his hands." It doesn't say hold in his hands. It simply says that Hashem remembers the Jewish people just like you would remember your hand. And for those that hate you, Hashem also says, "There's a promise for you, Mr. Anti-Semite. Pay close attention. Your children will hasten to return. Those who ruined you, this is again chapter 49:E1 17. Those who ruined you and those who destroyed you will leave you. Raise your eyes all around and see. They have all gathered. They have come to you. As I live the word of Hashem, I swear that you will clothe yourselves with them all like jewelry and adorn yourselves like a bride. In so many words, Hashem promises us that the enemies will become in such a horrible situation that they're literally going to feel like clothing on us. But if somebody wants some more details of what happens to the anti-semites if they don't do chuva, like those that are clever, you fast forward to verse number 26, chapter 49. And I will feed your tormentors their own flesh, and they will become drunk on their own blood as on sweet wine. Then all flesh will know that I am Hashem, your savior and your redeemer, the mighty one of Yakov. Here a kadosh is giving a promise, not a fairy tale, not just a simple warning. Those who remain remain anti-semitic will get to such a lowly level they'll become like a garment we walk on. And they'll suffer such punishment from Hashem that Hashem will force them to eat their own flesh and drink their own blood just to show that he is God. This coincides with what Mosherenu said in our par. Well, he will deliver them. He will give them great confusion until their destruction. He'll put them in our hands. They'll perish. And so on and so forth. So now when a person understands that there is no mercy to those that are evil, then they will understand why will literally instill special strength into the righteous Jews to actually be able to witness the heinous suffering that the enemies of God will suffer Because the suffering is not going to be, oh, boom, they just disappear like the movies. It'll be something horrific that the world has never seen before. Why? Because they didn't just make themselves the enemies of the Jewish people. They made themselves into the enemies of God. And when someone understands this, no further explanation is needed. But if somebody does need an explanation, think of it like there's a king and the king has a minister and everyone knows that this minister is like the right hand of the king. Therefore, when you disobey the minister, it's as if you spit on the king's face. In today's world, this is like the mafia. The mafia boss has different people that are soldiers and he decides this guy, he's my right-hand guy, and if you don't listen to him, it's as if you spit on the boss's face. the king of kings. When someone goes against his people, Hashem himself says that the Jewish people are like the the is I. So, as Robert Fry explained it, it's like if you have even your own kid poke you in the face, scratch you, okay, you let it go, no big deal. But if he pokes you in the eye, you can't ignore that. It's not ignorable. So those that choose to make the Jewish people their enemy and the Torah something that they mock. It's not only that they make themselves an enemies of the Jewish people. They make themselves into an enemy of God. And there's nothing worse than that in the world. Now those people it's a mitzvah to hate them. Those people we look forward to seeing the salvation part of which is to literally see Hashem destroying them in the most heinous way possible. But then there's the nations and there's a significant difference between an anti-semite and the nations. Many of the Jewish people have always dealt the I'm talking about the the uh the leaders among am dealt regularly with the nations. Certainly there's a way to deal with them. In fact, our holiday of Sukkot, the Gar says that if the nations knew how much the holiday of Sukkot was beneficial for them at the time of the beta mikdash, they would have sent their armies to protect the beta mikdash. Why? Because for the first six days or seven days of of Sukkot, we would bring sacrifices that Hashem would protect the nations. The eighth day was our day. But literally the sacrifices, the prayers, it's to protect the nations. If the nations knew that they have a benefit in this beta mikdash, they would have literally protected the beta mikdash. Furthermore, Hashem created all of us. And therefore there is certain things that the Jews have to be very very careful with to know that when we do business with the nations we have to be even more careful than doing business among each other. Because if one Jew is deceitful to another Jew, there's a conflict between them. But when one Jew is deceitful to a non-Jew, that non-Jew concludes that all of the Jews are evil just like them. And that creates the worst possible sin called desecration of God. I heard recently there was a Jew named Julius Meyer. He immigrated from uh Russia to the United States and he went to Omaha, Nebraska. This is back in the 1800s. And during those times, there was many Native Americans over there, the different Indian tribes. And this Julius Meyer who observed Torah laws to such a point where he only ate ve vegetables because there was no way for him to acquire kosher meat. And he did business with the native Indians to such an extent that he was chosen to be the interpreter between the native Indian leaders and the government of the United States. and he did business with the native Indians to the point where they gave him one of their special names. They called him the curly-haired man who spoke one tongue, referring to the fact that he only spoke honesty, that he was an honest person. Now, unfortunately, this Julius Meyer made a serious mistake later on in his life when even though he observed kosher and even though he observed certain Torah laws, he decided to help the reform movement at the time and he opened the first synagogue in Omaha, but it was a reformed temple. But he saw his punishment in this world already when one day he decided to go for a walk and then shortly thereafter was found shot to death until no one ever found found out how it happened. says in our par take care lest you forget Hashem your God by not observing his commandments, his ordinances and his decrees which I command you today. So unfortunately, even though somebody could have good traits by being honest, by being a good representative of what the Jewish people are supposed to be like, but the moment you start forgetting God, you lose all of the benefit, just like this Julius Meyer did. But certainly we have the righteous Jews that have led us throughout the generations that were extraordinary examples of how to deal with the nations. There was once a convention made by Aguad Israel and they invited Israel and the rabbis from all over the United States to talk about the status of the Jewish people at the time. And among the vigul was Feinstein and he came and they had different speakers, different people talking about this different different things. After about four or five days of the convention, everyone staying at the hotel which is owned by non-Jews and uh obviously non-Jewish employees. But they insured to have kosher food there. And obviously all of that was taken care of by Agad found out and realized that they did not have enough money to pay the bill for all of these rooms. So they made an announcement after two or you know the last event and said uh because we don't have enough money we need everyone to chip in and pay for their room. Now it's not exactly the ideal situation but apparently there was no other alternative. So the leaders of the Abuas says said that everyone that's come has to pay for their own room before they check out with the exception of meaning our leaders that will take care of everything for them. Now of course there was commotion and people weren't exactly happy about it but it is what it is. There was one guy they don't name him but we'll call him Pinhas. And this Pinas wasn't worried at all. So, one of the people, one of the other rabbis that were sitting next to him says, "Did you hear what they said?" He goes, "Yeah, what do you think?" He goes, "Well, listen, I don't, you know, I understand their their issue and so on, but I'm not worried because doesn't include me." What do you mean doesn't include you? goes, "Well, you heard what he said at the end. At the end, he he said that everyone has to pay for their rooms except the leaders among obviously it's referring to me. When I go to my community, everyone stands up, they say I'm a sadik, all the work that I do, so I'm not worried about it." He was sure that he's among as everyone was checking out. There was a line of the different rabbis waiting to pay. And this Pinas was about to walk out to not pay, but he sees the line and he sees an old man, really old man, standing on line. And as he gets closer, he sees Moshe Feinstein standing online waiting to pay. He couldn't believe his eyes. He says, "I have to see this. Moshe Feinstein's going to pay." Wow. So if Moshe Feinstein comes up there, he says, "Okay, I'm here. Thank you very much. I enjoyed it. It was a wonderful event and I'm here to pay for my room. The person behind the counter knew who Rab Mosha Feinstein is. Says, "No, no, Rabbi, you don't have to pay." He says, "Why not?" They said everyone has to pay except so I'm paying. The the the person behind the counter didn't know how to respond to to the number one rabbi in the world who does not think he's among the giant leaders. So he calls one of the rabbis that's arranged the event to come to help him deal with this situation, this embarrassment. And the rabbi says, "Oh, no, no, no. This is not referring to you." He says, "I don't understand why you said only the will pay for which is perfectly fine since I'm not among them. I need to pay." He goes, "No, no, Rabbi, you you don't need to. You're you are." He goes, "No, I'm not. I'm just here. Just please take the money." And the guy couldn't deal with the embarrassment. He says, "No, Rabbi, please, you don't have to pay. You're among them." And Ra Mosher Feinstein is arguing that he's not among them. All along, Pinas is watching and just simply is baffled at the fact that this is happening. Says, "Okay, so maybe a Gd should pay. So maybe I should pay, too." Still delirious at where he really stands in life. So Mosha Feinstein says, "Okay, you know what? You don't want me to pay? Fine. But the tips for all of the wonderful people that helped us, the waiters, the cleaning people in the rooms, I have to pay that." No, no, we'll take care of goes, "No, that's not your responsibility." Long story short, he gives them the money for uh they don't take the money from him for the room and he gives them money for tips for tips for everybody. And then the head rabbi of the whole thing finds out what happened. He's so embarrassed he starts looking for Moshe Feinstein but no one can find him. Eventually they started they found him on one of the floors as he was going from room to room thanking every single worker in the hotel all of which were goim. Thank you very much. The room was very clean. I really appreciate it. Thank you very much. You're a wonderful waiter. Thank you very much for washing the windows. Thank you very much for uh you know ter making sure the lights work. Every single employee in that hotel got a thank you from Gdul. So of course Pinas learned some lessons back then. But what lesson are we going to learn here? We learn here that when we deal with the nations, we have to even be more careful. We have to be even more cordial. That does not mean to kiss up to the nations, to start praising them for unwarranted reasons. No, you have to know where you stand. You have to know where they stand. If they're good, good. Respect them. Be honorable. Be honest. If they're anti-semites, they're the enemies of God. What are you afraid of? God already promised to punish them. And the you have to be able to distinguish the two. Living in the United States for the vast majority of my life, I had the privilege of working with a lot of different types of people. Some Jews, some non-Jews, and I've made friends with all types of people. Some recently, some many years ago. I have one friend who's not Jewish, but I've known him already for well over 20 years. when we he calls me say he calls me brother why that's what he considers me and the same vice versa why because we have similar ideology similar understanding similar respect for each other and therefore this is something that is perfectly fine in fact even recently we hired a couple of contractors to do some work for us for a project that we're working on. And one of them when I spoke to him, actually both of them that I spoke to, neither one of them spoke a word of English. So I used AI to translate both of us. They would translate his Spanish to English. They would translate my English to Spanish. And we got along perfectly well. Did a good job. And uh then he sends me a message a few days ago at like 1:00 in the morning with a picture of one of the uh uh screenshots of my film Hashem Took Back His Millions and a whole novel that he wrote in Spanish, which I translate to English, telling me how amazing the film is. He just watched it with his uh with his wife and his mother and it was very inspiring and he told his mother that he just did some work for me and she said she wow I'm so proud of you for working for such a person. The point is Abu Thai when you're dealing with decent people regardless of whether they're Jews or not you have to be decent. You have to be respectful. You have to be honest because it's not only a good thing to do. It's an obligation from God for you to actually do that because if not, you are misrepresenting not only yourself, you're misrepresenting God. In fact, one of my old friends, Kareem, which I know from back from Wall Street days, Kareem and I, two different religions, two different upbringings, but when we were on Wall Street and until this day, we're great friends. We talk once in a blue moon, joke around about each other, joke around about the past, different funny things. uh you know and we have never ever crossed a line of disrespect. Why? Because regardless of what your background is, regardless of whether you're Jew or not, I have an obligation to have respect. I have an obligation to be honest. When a person wants to cleave to Hashem, the obligation is even greater. It's not just about being decent. It's not just about being a nice person. It's literally an obligation from God for the Jewish people to be the light to the nations. So when the Jewish people are acting in a dishonest way, whether they're in corrupt businesses that are predatory, dishonest, taking advantage of their customers, there's no greater desecration of God's name than that. Because instead of being the light to the nations, you become a darkness to the nations. Instead of being the people that bring good to the world, you become a misrepresentation of what good is. Now, thank God my go my my parents raised us with good manners. So, I never had this problem, but I only learned of my obligation once I started learning Tawa years ago. So, throughout my life, I've had many friends that were Jews that are non-Jews. quite frankly more non-Jewish friends than Jewish friends. And I don't have even a single bad story to tell you of, oh yeah, this one I I don't have it. Why? So long as we were both decent to each other, so long as we were both honest with each other, the friendship continued forever. I have contractors, people that worked for me. I have certain people that were literally janitors in the buildings that I used to have offices in in Wall Street that still SEND ME MESSAGES OF happy birthday or or just uh thinking about you. How are YOU DOING? TILL THIS DAY, 25 YEARS LATER, because to be decent, to be honest, doesn't cost anything. But to be a dishonest, despicable person, the price may not seem expensive at first, but it becomes the worst thing you ever decided in the long run. Now again, if you're going to be a bad person to the enemies of God that are anti-semmites, you're you're deciding to be part of the army in uh in whether it's the American army or the IDF or whatever army that's going to fight against enemies of God, that's one thing. But if you're doing business, if you're in the streets, if you're living your life and so on, this is not your job. Your job is to simply be a decent person to whoever you can be and let Hashem runs a show. There's no greater kushem that you can do among the nations than show them what a Jew is supposed to be. But don't mistake that for kissing up to everybody. Unfortunately, there are some people that kiss up to everybody. So much so that they make the mistake that thinking that just because we're cordial, just because we're honest, therefore we're accepting of everything. And like this one Jewish guy that about 30 years ago created a Judeo-Christian organization, meaning combining the two religions as if it's one organization. This is an absolute no. Why? Being cordial to a non-Jew is one thing. That's an obligation. But accepting of their beliefs if their beliefs are contrary to ours is an absolute no no. Which is exactly what Torah is telling us. Again, your friend could be a Muslim, your friend could be a Christian, your friend can be a whatever it is as a person. But once it comes to beliefs, we have to segregate our beliefs completely. Why? Because that's what it is. It's completely separate from everything else. Respectful, no problem. Accepting of of other beliefs, not possible. Not possible. So again, it's very important for us to know we live in the times of the exile. And therefore, regardless of where you are, whether you live in United States, in England, in Israel, you're in exile. Because even in the land of Israel, the land of Israel, unfortunately, right now, is ruled by a bunch of anti-God atheists and heretics. It's not run by people that have a Torah mindset. It's not run by people that cleave onto Hashem. It's run by people that are in many cases worse than the the the non-Jewish nations governments because you don't see people in America, Jewish people in America struggling with the government just to be allowed to learn Tawa. But you do see that in Israel, even though the leaders in America are not Jewish, whereas the leaders in Israel technically are Jewish. But you see that the government of Israel is anti- Torah. So it's also considered as if you're living in the exile even then. Now again of course the land itself has certain significance and so on but the point being is we are at a time of exile. No matter where you live in the world you're at a time of exile as far as the ruling of all of the different governments of all different this will eventually change once the Msiah comes. Regardless of where you live, you have to understand there are certain people you have to be respectful, cordial, uh decent to whether they're secular Jews or they're uh uh just anyone among the nations. Then there are people that you have to know they are enemies. Stay away from them. If necessary, of course, uh you know, defend obviously the the Torah for from them, which is heretic Jews and anti-semites. If you could avoid them, avoid them at all costs. If there's no choice, then obviously there are certain uh things that perhaps uh you know you you'll need to know how to deal with them. But it's important for us to know who runs the world. Hashem runs the world. At some point, Hashem will take vengeance against all of his enemies. all of his enemies, regardless of whether they come from a Jewish mother and decided to betray the Torah or they come from a non-Jewish mother and they decided to betray the God that created them. Regardless of uh of of who, Hashem will take revenge against everyone. It's not for you to do. But either way, always be respectful, always be honest, always be decent. And you'd be surprised. Some of the most wonderful people you'll meet are people you never thought that you would ever get along with. I had some co-workers, some uh employees, some contractors, some different people that I met through my life that were wonderful people that I'm still friends with till this day. And I have uh some people that I wish I never met. But one thing I can tell you for sure is that being honest is the best thing in the world to do. Why? Because once you're an honest person, people always always want to deal with you. People always want to uh go to you. Why? Because it's unfortunately a rare thing. It's a rare thing in these days. So, with that being said, there's some other stories I could tell you, but I think you guys want to probably ask the question since we've been going on for an hour. But I'll answer the question that I asked and a couple of weeks ago uh and to see to let you guys know what the answer is with the exception of one person. Everyone had close or wrong answers but one person answered correctly. One couple. The question was as follows. There was two guys. One we'll call him Ruven. The other one was Shimon. Ruben had two Pokemon cards, which apparently worth worth millions of dollars. Each was worth $4 million. And uh there were because they were the last two in the world. Now, Shimon knew a thing or two about the value of something rare. So he took Ruven's card, one of the two, and he ripped it in half. So now, not only is it a level 10 that is the most valuable, I think it's called PSA 10 or something like that, that uh it's uh better than mint. Not only he just destroyed the card that is no longer mint, it's garbage pretty much. Obviously, Ruven wants to kill Shimon, but he holds himself back, but he tells his uh friend that this is what happened and to apparently to report it that this happened. This goes on the news. They find out, long story short, within a short period of time is an announcement that since there's only one of these Pokemon cards left in the entire world, it is now valued at $40 million. Until now, Ruven wanted his friend Shimon to pay him the $4 million. But now Shimon says, "Not only I'm not going to pay you, but you owe me money. You just made $36 million. So they go to Abedine. Does Reuben need to pay Shimon that ripped his card? Because technically he did profit out of it instead of it two cards being worth together $8 million or even if they're worth 10 million each. $20 million. I think I said $10 million each before. So now they're worth 20, but now there's one card that's worth 40. The number is irrelevant. Does he need to pay him the difference? Or does Shimon have to pay $4 million because that's what he ripped or $40 million because that's what the car is worth. Some of you said this, some of you said that. The answer is as follows. The damage that Shimon caused was when the card was worth $4 million. And even though the card remained that remained went up in value, that has nothing to do with Shimon that ripped the card. He damaged somebody else's property that was worth $4 million. Therefore, he has to pay $4 million. And the fact that the card that was left increased in price from four to $40 million. Not only does Reuben not have to give him anything for that appreciation, but it has nothing to do with him. Why? All he did is cause damage. That's what he did. Everything that happened there after has nothing to do with him. even if his intention was to make only one card left and so on, it's he has no right to do such a thing. So therefore, Ruven has to pay $4 million and he does not have to pay $40 million the current price of the uh of the card because at the time of the damage, the card was worth $4 million and he only is responsible for what the card is worth at the time he damaged it. Uh since I'm going to be in New York next week doing uh doing lectures, I'm not going to ask a question for you guys for next week because I'm not going to be here. But we'll be back the following week and go back to the questions. Also, for any of you that are in Los Angeles, I am coming to Los Angeles at the end of August uh for a few days. So, anyone that wants to arrange a lecture, an event, uh please email us at eventsbhour.org and will try to uh see what we could do. >> I'd like to introduce you to your new best friend. We did it. AI Rabbi is here. It's an AI model that is based on kosher Torah sources. 30 different languages that are available to you. So if you want to ask it in Spanish, in Chinese, Portuguese, whatever you want to do, it's available for you. Can you tell me about timestamped to the shield? You press this green button, AI Rabbi, on your WhatsApp. You'll have the ability to ask questions at will. You'll be providing sources and most importantly, you'll be able to know the truth and be able to rely on the sources. >> So, with that being said, you guys can start asking some questions and obviously it was very nice to see that one of my old friends from when is it? I think from uh Kareem, I know you from 1999, I think 2000. So, somebody that I'm friends with from 27 years ago apparently was watching my video over here. So, you guys can just uh see the uh the certain people. We've all gone in different ways. He went in one direction, I went in one direction, different careers, different lives, different so on. But we're still all here learning what the purpose of life is. Rashashana is the is the time of year when it's best to start over. Give yourself to Hashem, reconnect to God. Well, Rashashana is a uh two months away. I wouldn't wait two months to start over. I would start over as soon as possible for whatever you can now because starting over is not a onestep process. Starting over is a one step at a time process. Okay, questions now, not comments and no discussions because that gets in the way of the questions. What do you suggest regarding Israel and the government? nothing as far as uh my thoughts uh my thoughts on government has never been a positive thing. I I think that in order to be a politician, you have regardless of which country it's at by default, you have to be a professional liar. And you see that very uh in every form of politics, whether it's politics in South Africa or it's politics in Israel, it's politics in America or anywhere else in the world. They're all liars. They promise one thing, they do something else. What do you think about cash advance? I have a bunch of lectures about cash advance. It's a corrupt predatory industry that uh I look forward to the day where it's uprooted from the world. Um what expectation should one have of themselves while making chuva? Well, first and foremost, you have to know that no one can fix everything in one day. It takes time. So, when you first start doing chouva, number one thing to do is to understand that you have to do as much as you can uh as best as you can, but you're not going to be really good at it at first. Just like anything else in life, when you first start playing a certain game, whether it be a sport or a board game or whatever other game, no one becomes the best on day one, no one becomes. Why? Because you don't even know the rules yet. You don't know all the details yet. And only practice makes you better. So, the same concept when it comes to doing chva. So, you know, a person that lived their entire life watching, you know, immorality, uh, doing things that are dishonest, uh, you know, having a filthy mouth, for them to stop cold turkey in one day, one shot, all of those things that they're accustomed to, it's it's simply not going to happen. So, it's a process. Somebody asked me the other day about uh you know being someone that wants to protect their bleet and uh they've been uh trying their best for the last uh couple of months but they're having a hard time because they still fail uh you know at different times and I and what should they do? So I told them if they really are protecting their ble that means that they're watching their eyes and they're not looking at anything immodest. Not on television, not on regular, you know, screens of phones and computers. They're not watching anything immodest and they're also watching their mouth and they're not cursing using vulgar language and they're not uh you know looking at immodest women and billboards and things like that. Simply they're protecting their eyes and they're doing everything in their power to to do that. and still they fail once in a while not as a result of something intentional but rather when they go to sleep it happens then they have nothing to worry about. Why don't they have nothing to worry about? Not that it's okay. It's simply part of the process because what happens is when a person is alive 20 20 years 25 years 30 years however long and they've accustomed their body to wasting seed on such a regular basis. They have damaged both their body and their soul. Now that they want to stop that, now that they want to protect their bre, they don't want to waste seed anymore. It has to be a process. The process starts with them protecting their eyes, them doing all the things that I just mentioned before, but also it's a process for their body to catch up to what they're doing to catch up with their soul and the soul also fixing itself. So since the since it all became accustomed to doing certain things, then initially they're going to have these accidents on a regular basis every week. But if they continue staying strong that will be minimized from you know every other day to let's say once a week after a couple of months and then after they do it for they continue staying strong for let's say 6 months it it will become instead of once a month something that happens once every few months and eventually it will stop and also Hashem will bless them to actually find a shiduk to find a woman to get married and that will help even further but The point is is that to understand that the road to success is not a uh you know it's not a straight flat road. It's a bumpy road with all types of curves that you have to find your way around. You have to build your way way to success whether it's with tikun or with everything else. The key is to know is that even if you fail, even if you fail, you know, intentionally, you decide that uh you're going to light a cigarette on Shabbat. You decide that uh you know, you're going to be with somebody uh that you're not supposed to be with. Uh one time thing, and then you realize the next day, I made a mistake or you realize a week later I made a mistake. Get up, stop it, and do it. Start all over again. Don't give up. Don't ever give up. Why? Success is not a one-step process. No one has ever reached success from zero to to success. Anyone that you've ever seen in your life that is successful in anything, whether it's successful in growing in Tawa and and and spirituality and and righteousness or it's growing in the world of business and success in that regards. Everyone that you see that's already successful, know one thing for sure. They weren't born that way. And where they got to was only after they've made many mistakes, they've had many obstacles, many failures, but the one thing that distinguishes them from everyone else is they didn't give up. They didn't give up. Most people give up along the way. Or most people, they don't see it as giving up. They just simply settle at some point and they decide to stop trying harder to stop growing and that's why they're never their full potential. So those that get to very high potential to very high levels are people that simply never gave up and have still haven't given up. They they're never satisfied with where they are. They're always ambitious to get to a higher level. whether it's a higher level of righteousness and Torah scholarship or it's a higher level of business success and so on. And the key is to know that when you are uh uh when you're going in the right path, it's uh it's not a clear and simple path. It's a path that's full of bumps. You have to find a way around. Do you partake in a sacrificial meal to have effects applied to you? Uh that's not applicable at this point. It's not possible to do sacrifices today because the Torah forbids anyone to do a personal sacrifice from the moment that the beta mdash was built. So once the beta mikdash was built, personal sacrifice was no longer allowed. And since the beta mikdash was destroyed nearly 2,000 years ago, there is no sacrifice that's permissible for the last 2,000 years, not for Passover or what we call pes or for any of the other reasons. Uh the only time that Jews are going to be able to do sacrifices again is once the third beta mikdash is rebuilt when Msiah comes. Rabbi, is converting to Judaism by conservative synagogue still considered authentic conversion? Uh, short answer is no. And the reason is as follows. Judaism started at Mount Si. That's when we received the Torah. Now, the Torah itself doesn't say that you are allowed to simply remove certain rules. In fact, what we read today in parativ is that Hashem specifically says, "If you observe all of my commandments, not just the ones you like." So the conservative and the reform, the reason why they call themselves that is because these are not just names of a certain custom. These are names of movements where they move from the straight path of the Torah and they customated to their likings. So the conservative movement today no longer observe Shabbat as an obligation. Some choose to observe parts of Shabbat, but generally speaking, the conservative movement is very very much reformed. There's not much of a difference between the reform and the conservative anymore. uh with the exception of uh of doing uh uh having non-Jews that uh just decide to call themselves Jewish. Like the conversion aspect is slightly different in uh in the two, but overall conservative and reform are more or less the same now. It wasn't always the case. About 70 years ago, uh the uh conservative movement still observed Shabbat, but then they made a rule that you're allowed to drive on Shabbat, meaning you're allowed to light fire on Shabbat, which in essence transformed conservative into being nearly identical with reform. So they decided to remove certain laws from the Torah. Reform has gone even further to the point where reform, their head rabbi, is a non-Jewish woman. their head leader. That's a rabbi. Rabbi is a is a name for a male, a male scholar that leads the the people. The reform is so reformed that their leader calls themsself rabbi, but it's a female who's also not Jewish. So you can just understand what that means. And that's exactly the path that conservative is going to also. So uh both the conservative and the reform are not considered authentic Judaism. There's nothing Jewish about them. Uh in fact many of the members in the both of those communities have nothing to do with Judaism. Uh they don't observe the Jewish laws. Perhaps they like to eat pitha. Maybe they like even humus. Maybe they like to sing some Jewish songs. But those things are different customs that don't make you Jewish. What makes you Jewish is observance of the Torah. Observance of the Torah. And in fact, observance of the Torah is not something that's classified as uh something specific. It's simply being observant of the Torah or not. Because there are some people that will go to a orthodox Jew, but in their personal lives they act like non-Jews. meaning they drive on Shabbat to the Orthodox Shul. They eat non-coosher. They are uh you know they they do you know whatever they want on Yumipu. They eat on Yumipu. But they like to go to an orthodox shul because they like the prayers there. They they like the tradition there. But they are considered people that are no different than the reform. In fact, according to the Torah, they're considered idol worshippers. the reform, the conservative, the and any Jew that that desecrates Shabbat openly is considered like an idol worshipper. So if you really want to convert to Judaism, then you have to convert to Judaism that is actually Judaism, not a reformed version or some deformed version, but rather what Judaism is, which is what we got on Mount Si, which is only practiced by the Orthodox community. Not everybody in the Orthodox community practices it. Unfortunately, there are some heretics among us, but that's a bad apple that's exists everywhere, but generally speaking, that's that's the only place that's available. It's an orthodox community. Is there salvation out of ultraorththodox Judaism? I'm not understanding what the question is. I thought your mom being Jewish makes you Jewish. Yes, there is Jewish and is being observant Jewish. So if somebody is born to a Jewish mother or they convert to Judaism, an orthodox conversion, they are by the law considered Jewish. But there is a difference between being a righteous Jew and a wicked Jew. A righteous Jew is the one that gets the blessings that God said in Paratv and the rest of the Torah because they're considered lovers of God. But someone that whether they they were born to a Jewish mother or they converted to Judaism, but they decided that they're no longer going to follow the Torah laws, they're considered an enemy of God. They're considered a uh a Jew that is not observant at all. So, they're not going to get the blessings that God gave them. And in fact, if they desecrate Shabbat, they're considered, according to the Rambam Shabbat, they're considered a uh idol worshipper. So, it's our job is to let people know because most people that are Jewish and are not following the Jewish law, they're not doing it out of hatred for Judaism or the Torah. They're doing it out of ignorance of what the consequences are, of ignorance of what the law really is, of ignorance of the benefits, of ignorance of the downside of not doing it. So the vast majority of Jews that are not religious are not religious as a result of ignorance. And therefore, it's our obligation and our mission in life to help them find out what the truth is. And then they'll be able to make an educated decision of what's the right thing for them to do. We're not here to judge. We're not a judge. We're not a jury. We're simply here to inform people of what's at stake. Once people know what's at stake, once people know what the value is, once people know what the downside is, once people have information about the truth, they can make an educated decision of what they're going to do. And more times than not, the people that find out after they're past that initial shock that how could I not know this? How come nobody ever told me after that stage? More times than not, the people choose to become more observant and start observing Shabbat and other things and little by little grow. And certainly the ones that succeed the most are people that start learning Torah on a regular basis either by watching my lectures or reading certain books or combination thereof uh and on a regular basis and they start becoming more and more informed and more and more connected to God on a regular basis. We make so much effort to know and understand God. Why is God not doing the same thing? Your question assumes that you know what God knows and what he doesn't know. And uh you're comparing God to yourself. God knows everything. There's no past, there's no present, there's no future to him. So he knows more about you and everyone else and everything else than you will ever know. So he doesn't need to do anything aside from the fact that he's the king of kings. He's not lacking anything. He's not lacking understanding of you. He knows more about us than we know about ourselves. It's unfortunately you are apparently taught that God is like you. Perhaps you came from Christianity or some form of New Testament religion where they've humanized God and therefore they think that you're on the same level but God is not a human. He has no body or likeness of a body. Uh and uh he has no lackings whatsoever. That's why he's considered omnipotent, omnipresent. These are all things that show that he has no limitations whatsoever. Not in space, not in time, not in anything. the one that keeps asking, "Is there salvation outside of Judaism?" I I don't understand what that means. You have to speak to me in simple terms. I don't know what you're saying. How do I get more? Good question. I actually have entire lectures about and how to get more The simple answer is learn Mousar every day at least 15 to 30 minutes per day. And don't just learn Mousar by just listening to my lectures or reading certain books, but rather by delving into it, thinking about it, meditating over it, and try to apply some of what you're learning to your life. You're not going to be able to apply everything you learned to your life on day one. But let's say if you learn to one of my lectures for a half hour, uh try to take one thing that you learned during that half hour and apply it to your life. And if you do that every single time, not only will you become uh someone that has more shim over time uh but also you will uh uh become closer to Hashem. You'll become happier as a result. The end result of is happiness. Unlike what many people that don't have think he's saying, can you go to heaven without being Jewish? Uh, yes. If you're righteous, if you're righteous noahhide and you follow the Noahide laws, then certainly you can go to heaven. There are some uh righteous Noahides that are mentioned in the Torah. Uh, in fact, Job Job was not Jewish and he certainly the Torah itself specifically says he goes to heaven. So, yeah. What's that? The book of Job. The book of Job is one of the 24 books that's in a Tanakh. There's the uh five books of Moses, then there's the writings, then there's the prophets. So you have a uh five books of Moses and then 19 other smaller books. And one of those books is called Job or in Hebrew it's called Eil. It's a story about Job who was a righteous gentile uh that uh had a very very big test that God gave him and uh he suffered a lot for about a year. uh he lost all of his kids, he lost all of his money and he lost all of his health because God was testing him to see if he stay he stays loyal to God or he is only loyal because God blessed him so much because he was very very rich. He had many kids and he was very healthy um and he was a prophet. So God tested him and he uh passed the test even though there were bumps in the road. uh he passed the test and after a year Hashem not only removed all those difficulties from his life but he gave him an extraordinary blessing more than what he had before and uh certainly he goes to uh he went to heaven. What is a noahhide? A no is a non-Jew, a gentile, uh a different names for a non-Jew, uh who follows the laws of the Torah that are applicable to them. Okay? Non-Jew, uh all those things I mentioned, these are all the they're all synonymous. They all mean the same thing. So there's Jews and then there's non-Jews. The Jews have to follow the Torah laws that are applicable to them, which out of the 613 laws that we have, only about 35% of them, 40% of them are a were able to follow today because we don't have bet mikdash. But nonetheless, there's many laws that the Jews have to keep like the keep the Shabbat, uh, kosher, uh, family purity, and so on. The non-Jews have seven noahide laws. Those seven nohide laws break up into somewhere around 55 60 laws that are all ethical laws. They're all ethical. Uh they're all uh uh a um logical, you know, don't be an idol worshipper, don't uh uh murder, don't uh you know, rape, things like that. Don't steal. Now if a non-Jew observes those noahide laws which is the laws of that are applicable to non-Jews because God said so then they will go to heaven. But if they observe those laws just because it makes sense to them not because God said so they won't go to heaven. The whole key is to observe the laws because God said so. because that means that you are subservient to God. Once you're subservient to God, you're in a good path. And I have many students that are Jews and many students that are non-Jews that are all trying to get closer and closer to God on a regular basis. They all have difficulties that they get our guidance to overcome. They all uh try their best. Nobody is on a uh goes on a straight path to success. It's all process and the process continues throughout your whole life. But if you try your best to be observant of God's laws that are applicable to you, then at the end of your life, certainly you will have success in getting to heaven, whether you're Jewish or not Jewish. But you have to follow because God said so. Can I convert to Judaism? Yes. Conversion is one of the things that the Torah discusses in no less than 36 places. Uh where uh God says how much he loves the converts. uh there are uh different people uh that uh converted to Judaism that uh are some of the most important people that ever lived not only among the Jewish people but among in the world. For example, it Jethro was a convert to Judaism. He was originally a uh idol worshipper and he converted to Judaism in he was the father-in-law of Moses. He was the father-in-law of Mosher Rabenu. Uh that's uh that's one uh also ra uh was uh the wife of Yeshua Benoon the leader of Israel after was also a convert. Uh you have a uh uh of some of the greatest sages am ever had. They were both converts. Uh you have uh the uh uh the grandmother of King David was a convert Ruth. Ruth the Moabitete. She was a convert to Judaism and from her comes the Mashiach meaning from a converted w converted woman her descendant was not only King David and and and Schlamo and Solomon but also from Ruth comes the Mashiach. So conversion is not only something that's allowed in Judaism, but it's praised and it's actually one of the gifts that Hashem gives the Jewish people where the uh the righteous people among the nations, he in essence brings them into the nation. So yes, you could convert. You have to there's a process of conversion. Conversion to Judaism is uh first of all, you have to move to live in a Jewish community. and start observing the the laws that are that the Jewish people will keep and then eventually go to a Jewish uh bedin, which is a judicial court, and have them convert you. If you if you're a male, you'll have to do a circumcision. Uh there's no circumcision for women, so not to worry. Uh but nonetheless, there is a conversion process. It takes some time, but it's uh certainly possible. Sure. And many people do. a Muslim. I want to convert. Great. There's many uh people that want to convert. Uh some of them are Muslim and certainly you can if you uh if you want to you can but you have to go through the process. If you go to our website bzadashem.org be z hm.org org. Uh in there there is a section called a tab called uh free uh PDFs and books. Uh in there you can find a uh conversion guide and uh it's a conversion guide. It tells you uh all the different things you'll need to know and learn for the sake of conversion. How long does conversion take? It depends on a person. Depends on the person. It's not necessarily something that uh is a one-sizefits-all because in order to convert, it requires two parts. One part is to know what you need to know, to know the laws, to know how to live like a Jewish life. And two is to make the life changes. It's not like Christianity where they just throw some dirty water on you and you become Christian or they drown you in some pool and you become Christian or in Islam where they just make you say a few words and you become Muslim even if you didn't want to. It's not like that. In Judaism, you have to know how to live like a Jew and two show that you're actually living like a Jew. So it requires two parts. So it does take time. For some people it could take as little as a year. For other people it could take five, 10 years. Again it depends on how much a person puts behind it. If a person makes it their uh priority number one and they don't have any things that are hindering them, uh then it could take relatively quickly. You could convert within a year. But if it's a someone that has different things that are hindering them, whether it's financial issues where that don't allow them to move to Jewish community because they can't afford it or they have they're married to someone that doesn't want to be Jewish, which obviously they can't convert unless uh both they and their spouse want to convert. So if they don't have anything that's hindering them, then they convert relatively quickly. Um, one of the things that hinders some people is laziness where they're they want to be Jewish but only, you know, uh, in uh, in theory. They don't actually want to learn all the need the things they need to learn and do all the things you need to do. So, you have to uh, you have to um live live uh, live a life that's very dedicated in order to uh, convert to Judaism. Why do I call the uh Christian conversion uh water dirty water? Uh because they they're they're bringing you into idol worship. What do you want to call it? Clean water. It's bringing you to idolatry. What's what's the what's what's what's clean about that? They said that a man is God. This is not a uh something I made up. They're saying that a man is God. He's part of three. Suddenly God became three. That's not that's not that's not clean. That's idolatry. Rabbi, can a woman be happy if she never has children? Certainly, she could be happy. Um, it's a certainly a difficulty, you know, if a woman doesn't have children because she feels like that's in essence what she was created for. But she should also know that our matriarchs were all barren until Hashem made a miracle for them. Whether it's a they're all barren. Every single one of them was barren. Uh Shimon's mother was was barren. Uh so many women are the righteous women were barren for many many years. Uh but they still had to find within themselves to serve Hashem at such a high level that they were all prophets. Now in order to be a prophet you have to be happy because prophecy does not come to sad people. So certainly a person can be happy uh even if they don't have children because once you realize that you are serving the king of kings and really what you want is to serve the king of kings then you start accepting the fact that whatever difficulty and obstacle that god is giving you he's giving it to you as part of your servitude of him. Which means that if he's serving you, if if he's giving you poverty, if he's giving you childlessness, if he's giving you whatever obstacle that you have in your life, and all of us have obstacles, if you truly want to serve God, then you have to come to the fact that this is how he wants you to serve him. And if you really want to serve God, then you should be happy about it. The problem is when a person really wants to serve themsel and they want God to serve them. Meaning they want God to give them stuff. They turn God into some type of Santa Claus, some type of uh ATM machine or maybe social security while it's still in business where it's just supposed to give. So if you treat God as if he's an ATM machine that just gives gives gives, then of course you're not going to be happy with some of the stuff he gives you. But if you really are there to serve God, then it doesn't matter what difficulty he gives you, if you're interested and motivated and inspired to serve God, then you will get to the point where you realize that this is how he wants you to serve him with and through this difficulty. And if you are really want loyal to him, you will serve him through this difficulty with with a smile on your face. And that's why the says in that a person always has to bless God. Meaning be happy with what Hashem is giving you and thank him for what he's given you regardless of whether it's good or bad. Why? Because it's part of your servitude. And the more a person is committed to serving God, the more happy they're going to be. Can a no hide man marry a Jewish woman? It's not allowed. It's against the Torah. They'll both get punished. A lot of comments, not questions. If Muslims and Jews are both worshiping the same God, why do they hate each other? You have to ask the Muslims that because their book and their teachings in the Quran and the Hadit uh say that the Jewish people are their enemy and that if we were living under Muslim Sharia law or Sharia law, then the the Jews would be obligated to pay the Jes the tax and they're not allowed to ridees. versus they only could ride donkeys and they have to walk on the other side of the street and uh eventually when uh the uh the according to the books of the Muslims when their messiah comes his number one enemy would be the Jewish messiah and uh he according to Muslims this is not a uh negotiable unless all the Jews become Muslims or they'll So peace between the Quran and the Torah is impossible. Peace between people that follow the uh the Quran uh and the Hadit and have this ideology like the Iran has uh is not possible. Why? Because they view the Jewish people as their ultimate enemy. Now there are Muslims that are not exactly so uh committed to that ideology. Uh they believe in God. They believe in uh uh the Quran but they don't accept you know much of the hadith that talks about the end of days and so on. And many times they're very friendly uh to Jewish people. Many times they're very friendly to Jewish people. I uh have had some friends then and and and people that I've worked with that uh were very friendly and they were, you know, Muslims. So again, it all depends on who. All depends on who. But as far as why the Muslims and the Jews hate each other, you could ask the sheh that uh was uh apparently given a tour somewhere in Israel and was uh uh there was a few Israeli soldiers that were giving him that tour and he came with a couple of his people. This happened literally in the last, you know, 24 hours, 48 hours in Israel. And this sheh grabbed a uh gun from one of the soldiers and started shooting them. Started shooting them. So why does he hate the people that are helping him, guiding him, doing anything? Ask him. I can give you the answer. The answer is his ideology is that the Jew is an enemy no matter what. The Jew an enemy no matter what. Does every single Muslim out of the two and a half billion Muslims in the world believe that? No. Many do, but not everybody. Not everybody. So again, if you're talking about the leaders of the nations like Iran uh and Qatar and some of these uh nations, yes, they believe Yemen, you know, they believe that uh uh the Jews are their ultimate enemy and the world will only be at peace when they're destroyed. And this is not their political belief. This this is their religious belief. This is their religious ideology. Now, some of the people that live in those countries most likely don't agree, but they don't have a choice. They live in those countries. They live in those rules. If you have somebody start, you know, uh walking around and and preaching Torah in the middle of the street of one of those countries, most likely they're not going to live to see the end of the week. But uh as far as uh some of the other countries out there that are more accepting, the more tolerable to others, uh you know, they uh they may not have those same beliefs. Most likely they don't. Rabbit, can you explain the difference between Mashiach Ben Davidid and Mashiach Ben Yusf the says that there's going to be two Mashiach. One is Mashiach Ben Davidid which the Torah already talks about that comes from a descendant of King David and then there's Mashiach Ben Ysef. Mashiach Ben Yusf will come first. He will start fighting the wars of God. Um and uh the this is going to be part of Goum Magog but he is not the ultimate salvation in itself. In fact, he may even die during the war based on the prayers and actions of the Jewish people as far as righteousness is concerned. But the Mashiach Ben Davidid, he will never die. Uh he has the spark of the soul of Mosherenu and King David. uh and uh he will ultimately fight the final war and defeat all of the uh enemies of God which include both Jews and non-Jews. How could it include both Jews and non-Jews? The non-Jewish people that are enemies of God that are going to fight against him because they're not going to want him to be the king of the world. They're not going to want uh the Torah to lead. They're they're the amalikes. They're the anti-semites. They're the enemies of God. Uh but the Jews that will fight against them, they're called the And these are Jews that are anti-TRA, Jews that are atheists, Jews that are lefty liberals, Jews that are uh in so many words fighting against the Torah. And therefore they will not want this uh ultimate righteous and religious Jew that's the Messiah uh to lead. So they're going to fight him too. Uh and uh he will not need to fight with weapons and rockets and machines and AI. He simply with the word that comes out of his mouth will defeat the enemy. So, this is not going to be the type of war that you've ever seen uh imagined in some movie in Hollywood. Uh it's going to be beyond anything that the world has ever seen. But it's going to be a multi-art war. Uh and the climax of the war is going to be uh according to the Go Vna, it's going to be less than 10 minutes. Some say eight minutes, some say nine minutes, some say 12 minutes, but more or less around that 10-minute mark. That's the climax of the war. But to get to the climax of the war, the says it's going to be a series of wars. A series of wars that already began uh nearly uh uh over a hundred years ago in World War I. Yes, we have a film called Go Magog. over there you'll see over a hundred sources from different parts of the Torah to discuss what's going to happen uh before and during Gum Magog and after it's a film on our YouTube channel just type in go and you'll find out. Rabbi, how do we rebuke and get back all the famous lost Jewish souls in Hollywood? There are millions of Jews all over the world. One Jewish soul is not more precious than the other. Their blood is not redder than somebody else. We don't have enough time to go chase anybody. We have to help whoever is looking to be helped. Help whoever is in front of us. If in front of me is going to be a famous Jew or it's going to be a rich Jew or it's going to be a poor Jew or it's going to be a uh whatever other type of Jew and I could help them, then I'll help them. It doesn't matter who they are. Quite frankly, it's a uh completely irrelevant what their uh jobs or status is. The key is that they're interested and receptive to changing. So to go and focus so much attention like some people do uh on famous Jews uh I think is not only a mistake but it's uh has a um hidden not so hidden uh personal agenda. Let's just say that it's not because they're Jewish that they want to help them. Let's just say that. It's more because they're famous. Will guys like Lucas Gage have the merit to either convert to Judaism or eventually go to heaven? That depends on him. Depends on what he does with his life. If he continues going on the right path then uh certainly he could become a righteous noahide and he could even eventually if he desires he could convert but uh that depends depends on him everybody's life depends on their own actions doesn't depend on anybody else. The path that he's going on right now is a whole lot better than uh anything he could even imagine just a few years ago. But the key and the difficulty is to stay on that path. Not just for anybody in life. Rabbi, why do you think that Mashiach will be of Ethiopian mother? I have a whole lecture about it that I did last week. Watch the lecture. It's what the Migash says that he comes from Chevdan. The tribe of Dan that we know of today is the Ethiopian Jews. I didn't make it up. It's not some theory that I have. It's that's what the Midash says. Why aren't you answering the questions that are on a YouTube thread? That's because there's a few of you on the YouTube thread that are just preaching your thoughts, ideas, and different things, and there's not enough time in a day to go through all the comments to eventually find the question. So, if you guys just focus on questions, I'll answer more questions. Usually, there's more questions from other from either Tik Tok or Facebook or other places. The thread is not for you to teach. The thread is for you to ask questions. Rabbi, I was wondering if breaks Shabbat in private, can he still be counted in minan? That depends. The Abu explains that if there are 10 people that know that the person is breaking Shabbat, even though they do it in private, it's considered in public. Meaning the fact that there's public knowledge about this person's desecration of Shabbat on a regular basis makes it a public sin. He doesn't have to drive in front of everyone and know for everyone to know that he drives on Shabbat. So if everyone knows that he does not keep Shabbat, even though he does it in private, he still cannot be counted in minion. If I do an Orthodox conversion, will I be accepted in any Jewish community? No, you will not be accepted in any Jewish community because there are some Jewish communities like the Syrian community that does not accept converts. You'll be accepted in many Jewish communities, but not every because some do not. probably a stupid question, but is it possible that the Mashiach can be Bkarian? Uh, if he is a descendant of King David, then it's possible, but uh I don't I don't know. Okay. No, I'd study midrash. Really? They should study only ms. Once they start working into midrash, they start wanting to learn certain things that they're not supposed to learn. The key for no is to study ma better their character traits. I saw in one Torah channel that their rabbi said to his audience that at the end of days, the nohides that eat pork will not be part of the messianic age because Mashiach will allow them to become Jewish at a later time. Is there any source for this? You have to ask the rabbi that said it. I never heard of such a thing. Noah Hide is allowed to eat pork because he's allowed to eat whatever he wants as long as he's not eating an animal while it's still alive. So to say that they're not allowed to eat pork, it's doesn't make any sense. And uh I never heard of such a thing. And I can't answer other people's creations. I can only answer things that are from the Torah that I know. Pork is dirty. Yes, is a dirty animal. Every animal is dirty, but pork is especially disgusting. But nonetheless, the non-Jews are allowed to eat it. They're allowed to eat all types of dirty animals. Squid, lobster, all of these sea creatures that they call uh, you know, the fruit of the sea. Uh, these are bugs. you know, the uh the uh these uh when you eat you eat a uh a lobster, even though you're gonna pay a very high price to eat the lobster, in reality, a lobster is the oceanceans's version of a cockroach. Now, if you eat a lobster, no one will say anything to you because it does it's it's viewed as normal in, you know, in western society. On the other hand, if you go to the eastern society, if you go to Tibet, if you go to different parts of China, if you go to different parts of Asia and you see that they have an entire market in Thailand and places like that that's full of bugs, full of cockroaches, full of uh snails, full of things like that. And uh you see them eat it, you're going to think a uh negative of them. Why? Because they're eating bugs. But to them, it's normal. And guess what? They're allowed to eat it. There's nothing wrong with them eating it. So the fact that something is dirty, the fact that something is an animal and so on, doesn't make it allowed or not allowed. What makes something allowed or not allowed is based on what God said. God said that the Jewish people are allowed to eat kosher food. Which means for fish, they have to have fins and scales in order for them to be qualified as kosher. For animals, they have to have a both signs of chewing their cut and a split hoof. So if they have both of those signs, they're kosher. If they have uh less than two signs, they're not kosher. Uh for birds, they have to meet our tradition, our masulit of being uh not uh uh uh vicious or uh or predatory birds. Uh but even birds that are not necessarily predatory like the are still considered not kosher. Uh because the has bad character traits uh that she only helps other she doesn't help other birds. They have apparently some type of uh thing about them where they help birds but they only help their own kind. And that's why she's called but she's not kosher because of that. Nonetheless, you know, things like chicken, uh are uh duck, these are kosher birds that we're allowed to eat. Now, the Noahides, meaning the non-Jews, the goim, are allowed to eat everything kosher or non-cooser for the Jew. Everything is allowed for the no except while it's alive. meaning they're allowed to eat any animal, any bug, any uh shellfish, any bird, anything as long as it's not alive. As long as not alive. So, it's important for a person to know that if a non-Jew eats something that is forbidden to a Jew, there's nothing wrong with that non-Jew. He's doing what's allowed. Why? because the Torah allows him to eat it. In fact, if a non-Jew chooses to eat only kosher food, it's nice, perhaps even healthier, but it's not going to elevate them spiritually. Why? Because they're not obligated to eat kosher food and therefore they do not have the benefit of eating kosher food spiritually. Now, if they want to do it, they can do it. they want. They can eat kosher. They can eat non kosher. They can eat whatever they want. They can eat air if they want. Doesn't make a difference. What they're obligated to do is simply not eat animals while they're still alive. They can't just chop off the pig's leg while he's alive and start eating it. That they can't do. But if the pig is dead or the horse is dead or the cow is dead or whatever is dead, they can eat it. They can barbecue it. They sauté it. They can eat it with blood, without blood. They're 100% allowed. So anyone that tells you that they are obligated to eat a specific diet where they're not allowed to eat pig is simply making up rules. And unfortunately today, because there's so much ignorance in the world, while at the same time, there are so many Gentiles that want to learn more about Torah and even convert to Judaism, they run to anybody that looks like they're representing Torah, which unfortunately some of those people are not only not representing Torah, but they're actually looking to take advantage of the nations by misrepresenting the Torah and start inventing new rules. So, for example, there's this Noahide organization that decided that they're going to make a prayer book for Noahides. This is forbidden according to Jewish law. Why? Because the Noahides are supposed to pray pray from their heart, not from a structured prayer that has nothing to do with them. The anekness, the the great men of the men of the great assembly from the time of the beta mikdash, they arranged these prayers specifically for the Jewish people that are specifically talking about the Jewish people. So to tell the Gentiles to start using the Jewish people's prayers for themselves is not only not allowed, they're lying to God by saying you obligated to us to do this, you obligated to do this, you did this for us. No, he didn't. So unfortunately because so many people are they want a structured religion but they're not prepared or or or it's not possible for them to convert to Judaism. So what they end up happening is that they end up falling for these traps where they invent a new religion. They invent a new religion. They call it noahhide but it's not really no. To be a no-hide, you be a righteous person that learns the parts of the Torah that are relevant to you and follow the laws that are relevant to you as a righteous nohide. Inventing new things is not the right way. How do you know if it's an invention? If it hasn't been done by the Torah leaders throughout all the generations and now people are doing it, that means it's an invention. last 2,000 years since the destruction of the beta mikdash, not a single Torah sage ever said or wrote or uh published a sidu a prayer book for no heights. Why? All of us were around the Noahides for thousands of years since the time of Mosheu. How come nobody wrote it while all of a sudden they started caring about them now? No, it just because not supposed to be. It's considered part of creating a new religion. So if you want to be a righteous nohide that goes to heaven, you follow the nohide laws that are applicable to you, you're allowed to watch my lectures because most of my lectures are speaking about ethics. Ethics are relevant to everyone, to all of mankind. This is why I have countless Jewish people that are watching my lectures from all walks in lives. some religious, some non-religious, someim, some Ashkashkinazim, some Safhari, some Yemenite, some Ethiopian. All types of people watch my lectures. And I also have plenty of non-Jews that come from all walks of life. Some are German, some are Indonesian, some are French, some are Spanish, some are from uh uh Costa Rica, some are from Cuba, some are from uh Venezuela, some are from uh uh Colombia and uh all types of other places. I have students in Africa. I have literally one community that I think has like uh I don't know a hundred synagogues in Nigeria that are listening to my lectures. Some are Jews, some are non-Jews. But my point is that you can listen and you have to apply the things that are relevant to you. If you start inventing new things, you'll get yourself in trouble. You'll get yourself in trouble. Okay, we're almost done. We're already over two hours, guys. Hey, you made videos about cash advance. What's your take on it? Watch the videos. I made many videos about cash advance. Can men wear a Jewish star necklace? allowed obligated absolutely not should depends uh what their position in life is most people it's not a problem uh I highly doubt you'll find a wearing it but if it's a regular person sure no problem Okay. Is it possible to feel Hashem's presence when we practice? It's possible to feel Hashem's presence no matter what you're doing. You just have to pay attention. Love your honesty. disclose things as it is like real reasonable care rabbi from Hashem. Do you teach? If you're asking whether I quote him at different parts, sure. If you watch enough of my lectures, you'll hear me mention different things that he said. If you're asking whether I give just as sure about the result, no and I don't plan on it because the teachings of the Arizal for anyone who knows what he actually taught are not for the masses and anyone that teaches that to the masses is making a mistake. I love so much all the lectures everything straight to the point. Do I have a pleish? No, I don't have a pleish. And I don't want a pleish because my wife is the one and only. She always was. But she always will be. If you want to know a little more about that, you could watch my film called Hashem took back his millions. Okay, let's see a couple of pick questions here if you guys have any. No, not much. Not much here. Okay. A reformed shul said that my mom is Jewish. Her dad isn't Jewish. Does that mean that my mom's mom is Jewish? I don't know. I mean, according to the reform uh rabbi that leads the reform, you don't have to be Jewish to be Jewish because like I said, the chief rabbi or head rabbi of the reform movement that is in New York is a Asian non-Jewish woman. meaning she's not only pretending to be a male by calling herself a rabbi uh but she herself says that you know according to she's not Jewish her father was Jewish but her mother was uh from uh Thailand or uh I think Thailand different country so she's not and she's the head of the reform movement so to ask a reform anything relevant to Torah is like asking a blind person, what does the color blue look like? How would they know? They were born blind. same thing over and over again. Why are you speaking specifically about the cash advance industry when there's bad apples in every industry? Yes, you are right that there are bad apples in every industry. There are bad apples in the uh remodeling industry, in the housing industry, in the medical industry, in the drug industry, in every industry there are bad apples. You're 100% right. But in the cash advance industry, the industry itself is inherently bad because it's predatory lending. That's why it's called predatory lending because it is makes their customers prey because they are predators. So when you charge people interest rates of 50 80 100 200 300% that is considered predatory lending and that's the industry. It's not just one company out of all of the companies or two or three or even 30% of the companies. It's all of them. There's no such thing as a cash advance industry uh uh company that charges you credit card rates that charges you bank rates. They all are in specifically in the merchant cash advance industry because of the high interest rates because they get a high commission as a result of the high interest rates. So the industry itself is inherently evil. It has always been evil. Schlomar Melik writes against uh the the people that charge interest altogether. Not just uh against Jewish people. Anyone that charges interest he says will be cursed. This is in you could see it there. Uh he actually is when was king he outlawed charging interest both to Jews and to non-Jews. And if you read the chuva that we published in or it's a 17page chuva you'll see that there's a history of highinterest lending that was always called different names. In our generation, it's called merchant cash advance. It has caused endless problems to the Jewish people throughout the last few thousand years. It's not a new problem. It's an evil. It's something that creates a lot of bad things. Uh and it's uh it's bad. It's just it's the industry itself. It's not just that company or this company. The whole industry is inherently evil. And I'm not the only one of that opinion. This is for anyone who actually understands what cash advance is. Not all interest is evil. Not all interest is evil. High interest is evil. If let's say for example somebody borrows money from a bank or friend or whatever it is that uh one uh Jew borrows money from a non-Jew and he pays him five or 10% or 15% which is in line with bank rates in line with not being predatory that's not inherently evil that's not a problem but when you charge somebody 50% on their money 100% on their money you are in essence turning them into a victim. You're turning them into prey. And I'll explain to you since you probably are in the cash advance industry why the arguments that the people that are trying to push the uh cash advance industry how they justify it they say that no listen I'm going to I lent one guy money and I charged him 80% and he took that money and he doubled it six months later. Okay, all those so sub stories the the the one-time success story that we're not even sure if it really exists. Okay, even if they have that one-time success or even five time success, if you look at the overall statistics of the industry as a whole, any study that was done on it, any study that was reported on it, on Bloomberg on in private uh uh organizations that have done studies on it, the overall vast majority of the people that borrow money from cash advance companies, from merchants, cash advanced companies not only regret it, they end up losing. Some most of them end up declaring bankruptcy or getting put into major financial holes worse than what they started. And why is that the case? Because if you take the exceptional stories, let's say the handful of stories that let's say happened, let's just assume they happened that the guy took the money and he doubled it a year later or he doubled it six months later. We take those few, you know, lotto winnings and because we know that's not the standard. The standard is you give the guy that owns the restaurant or the supermarket or the uh bodega of whatever or you give whoever usually it's small businesses. Usually it's not uh it's not you're not lending merchant cash advance to uh to Burkshire Hathaway. You're not lending merchant cash advance to Microsoft. you're lending it to mom and pop shops that have a barber shop, have a I don't know, they sell shoes, they sell uh all types of stuff. Now, I've been in business since I was 10 years old. Okay, so you're talking about almost 40 years. I've done all types of businesses, all types of investments, and I was also a in a financial industry helping multi-millionaires and billionaires and business owners, thousands of them as a career for almost 20 years. Okay. So, you can't tell me I don't know what I'm talking about. I know more billionaires and millionaires than most people even I read about. So, now the average business does not make enough money from the business to pay the interest of 80% or 70% or even 50%. They don't. The average business will take that million dollars. If they had a million dollars without cash advance, if they have money, they're going to buy inventory. That inventory will make them anywhere from as low as 3% profit margin like a supermarket, two and a half, 3% supermarket type of rates to 25%, 30%. Let's just say it's almost like software, it's 50%. which it's not. But let's just say it is. That means THAT IN THE BEST CASE SCENARIO, you have a amazing business after you calculate not just the cost of goods sold, you have to calculate the overhead, the rent, the light, the the the you know the electric, the employees, the internet, the cyber security, the insurance. IN A BESTCASE SCENARIO, LET'S SAY you are Palunteer and you're making 70% profit margins. Let's say you are the next greatest thing since sliced bread, which you're not because you're a little bodega in Brooklyn. You're a little nothing in Minnesota. BUT LET'S JUST SAY YOU ARE. YOU MAKE 70% profit margins. Guess what? you're paying 80% 90% 200% interest on the money in the best case scenario. Because if you're paying 50% every 3 months, that translates into 200% per year. Which means that even if you take all million dollar worth of goods and you sell them regularly, boom, boom, boom. Your your website IS PUMPING EVERYTHING SOLD WHERE IT'S LIKE AS IF LIKE IT'S LIKE ONE OF THOSE LIKE WE'RE GOING OUT OF business sale even though you're in business for 30 years and you're going to stay in business for another 30 years. Like you're saying, you're going out of business sale. OH, WE'RE GOING TO EVERYTHING GOES. EVERYTHING MUST GO. EVERYTHING MUST GO. EVERYBODY BUYS. EVERYBODY'S BUYING. At the end of the day, the million dollar still HAS A LOWER PROFIT MARGIN THAN THE COST OF THE MONEY. And therefore, it is a losing proposition. You are making 30 40% on the money from your business, but you're paying 80, 100, 200% on the money. If you simply do math, you realize that for every million, you made 30%, BUT YOU LOST another 50 on the other side cuz you paid 80. Therefore, in order for them to continue, what do they do? They refinance to a bigger loan. Why? because they're morons THAT ARE BEING MISLED BY LIARS. So the business is predatory. No one comes out alive as a customer. They all become prey with no exception. Ask the lawyers. Ask the experts. ASK FINANCIAL ANALYST. ASK THE PEOPLE IN THE BUSINESS THAT ACTUALLY KNOW what they're talking about. be when they're not on the phone trying to murder another person financially. Ask them WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR LAST 100 C CUSTOMERS. HOW do they end up after a year? When it's a predatory business, it is impossible for the customer to ever win. Impossible under normal circumstances. Are there exceptions? Like I said, LET'S SAY WE BELIEVE THOSE FIVE stories where the guy took the money and he doubled it 6 months later. Let's say in reality, you would have had to double it after after 3 months in order to to be profitable. Let's say he doubled it. But how many people actually do that? How many people you see on the streets doing that? I've been around more businesses than you guys can count. I know business people. I know the economy. I know the things. This is what I spent most of my life doing. For anyone to tell you that the merchant cash advance business is a honest good business, it's only because they're either in the business and they're inherently a liar for a living or because they're clueless about what actually happens in the industry. And therefore they're assuming that merchant cash advanced business or your local bank is the same thing just without all the paperwork. Complete lie. Predatory industry, predatory lending is evil. Inherently evil. That will never change. It doesn't matter if it comes from my mouth. It doesn't matter if it comes from Bam's donkey's mouth. Doesn't matter where it comes from. It will always be evil. It will always be against the Torah. And every single person that works in the merchant cash advance business or supports it in any way, shape or form, whether they have a beard and a hat or they don't, they will all go to gay and kafa and it's doubtful that they will ever come out. Why? Because they're murdering people and desecrating God's name on a regular basis. And it doesn't matter whether they're a broker, they're a secretary, they're an accountant, they're the rabbi THAT SAYS IT'S OKAY. DOESN'T matter who it is. Anyone that's involved in that industry will go to gay and will simply not come out. Why? Because the damage that they're causing is unquantifiable. Quite frankly, if it wasn't for the special decree that the sages said that a thief can do chuva, I would even SAY THAT YOU CAN'T EVEN DO CHUVA IF YOU WERE EVER IN IT. BUT we have the sages that decreed such a thing. But quite frankly, if it wasn't for that, YOU WOULDN'T EVEN be able to do chuva for such a thing. That's how evil it is. And anyone who says otherwise is either a liar or clueless or both. As far as business, I know business. I do business. I've done business. I've done more business than in my life and I've forgotten more business that I've done in my life than most people will do in their life. There's no other opinion that is valid. Not because it's my opinion. This is the and this is simply the rule of the world. You have both aspects. The we have a 17page chuva showing all the reasons why it's forbidden. rule of the land, THE BUSINESS ITSELF, IT'S CALLED PREDATORY. And I just showed you the example of why the customer will never win. It's not that it's hard to win. It will never win. It will never be the statistical average of the majority of people, even 51%. That will never happen. Why? It is statistically impossible for a business to be that profitable on a regular basis because that's just not how business works. just not most businesses are not software. Most businesses are goods. Most businesses do not have such a high profit margins. But people still go into those businesses. They still sell furniture for 10, 15, 20, 30, 40% profit margins. Maybe there is a 80% profit margin on the goods themselves, but not when you include the overhead. Once you include the overhead, the average business is lucky if they're making 20%. LUCKY. WHY? THAT'S HOW BUSINESS IS. That's how business is. That's just simply what it is. If you look at the most profitable companies, public companies in the world, these are in essence the best example of what business is supposed to look like. Most profitable publicly traded companies in the world. Go look at what their bottom line is in comparison to what their revenues are. Go look. GO. THIS IS ALL PUBLIC INFORMATION. THIS IS WHAT I DID FOR A LIVING FOR nearly two decades. People would ask me, "What is my business worth? What is this business worth in order to invest in it? what is that business worth not to invest in and so on and so forth. This is what I did. A business cannot make enough money in order to pay such interest rates. And therefore, if you're lending at interest rates that are higher than the profit margin of the business, therefore, it is a predatory rate. Meaning that the business will inherently fail. It's just a matter of time. That's it. The end. There's no other way. There's no other opinion that is valid. 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