Love of Money In The Desert (5 Minutes)
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0:22It says that Yitro came to Moshe Rabbeinu and he said to pick people that have Yirat Shamayim, pick people that are successful, pick people that are trustworthy, and pick people that hate money. And then it says in chapter 18, verse 25, It says Moshe... Moshe heeded the voice of his father-in-law, and he did everything that he had said. Moshe chose men of accomplishment from among all of Israel and appointed them as heads of the people, the leaders of thousands, and so on and so forth. As he listened to everything he said, he then says he only picked one type. He only picked successful people. Why? Why, Rabotai? Why? It's a very good question.
1:22No, because the other one is nevasa. So what does it mean? It means that everyone loved money. It means everyone loved money so much that they forgot about G-d. They forgot about G-d, they forgot about G-d. We got to, we got to, we got to, we got to Yam Suf. We got to Yam Suf. He split the sea 12 times. He said look at Hashem. He split the sea 12 times. Hold on a second. Look at the Egyptians, all the gold on the sea, they left G-d and they went to the gold. Moshe Rabbeinu is by himself with G-d. They left God. They went to the beach to collect all the gold from the Egyptians. They loved money no differently than how much we love money. This parasha is not about them; it's about us. We cannot judge them, the dor de'ah. Halavai aleinu to be like them of this generation. It's about us. He said we left God and...
2:30For the Egyptian money, we love God. For the American money, we love God. We love God for all. As it is said, "I didn't find one with Yirat Shamayim." I didn't find one person with Yirat Shamayim. I didn't find one person who had anything other than money, other than success. That's all they had: success. All we have today, Rabotai, is a bit of money Hashem puts in our pockets, a bit of money He puts in our bank accounts. That's all we have. Use it wisely.
