Comments on: Are you ambitious?

By: Liat Kirby-Nagar

Liat Kirby-Nagar — Wed, 31 Aug 2016 02:44:49 +0000

Well said, Eion,
Ambition that becomes more and more focused on money can change a person in such a way that the kind of values Judaism seeks to foster get left by the roadside.
The wealth gap is widening to an extent that is obscene, and with it opportunities for good work and even modest security. There is no place for fatalism or acceptance of such an inequitable situation, and there is evidence of unrest in our society in relation to it, not just by those on minimum wages, but by the middle-class as well. Politicians ignore this at their peril.

By: Liat Kirby-Nagar

Liat Kirby-Nagar — Mon, 29 Aug 2016 09:05:56 +0000

I like the discussion of Elokai N’Shamah and Asher Yatzar. Quite beautiful, and resonant with hope. Thank you, Rabbi Apple.

By: Eion

Eion — Mon, 29 Aug 2016 05:17:44 +0000

One has to be in a special spiritual space not to covet .
Especially with VCE marks league ladders and the BRW top rich .
Those that are worth a billion plus are to some a more important achievement than the devoted and brilliant doctor nurse or paramedic .Thats not the Judaism I believe in.
All peoples have failed with wealth gaps but the Jewish Joke that the rich man has more Tzores .
Some are fatalistic and accept grudgingly the status as it is .
There is always guilt which can be good as it often makes people humane and its true some wealthy are philanthropists some giving to very worthy causes .
The belief is that the drive to succeed if balanced you care for all citizens creates the better possible though still flawed society