Inside every Jew sits the image of a merchant. This comes from the earliest roots of our people, as the ability to make connections is imprinted in us. For generations, we used this ability for business success, but today’s survival…
The answer to this question is much more complicated than what we can solve with money alone. The more we own, the more concerns we add to ourselves. Therefore, if we wish to have security in our lives, we need…
The problems that exist today in the family and in society at large all point to the same issue. We need to learn how to positively connect to each other, otherwise we will have to bear increasingly negative phenomena in…
A home was once an open space. Today, it is divided into separate rooms. Each family member is secluded in their corner, meeting in the living room mainly when something is needed from the parents. Then, in times of financial…
Desires are the inner material we are made of. More precisely, it is the desire to exist in goodness, also known as the desire to receive pleasure and delight, or the desire to enjoy. This desire develops constantly, from generation…
Every trip ends with the desire to return home. Every pleasure fades after we have attained it. Is there a way to expand the boundaries of adventure, to break through the limits of enjoyment? We are built in such a…
There were times when a person who was hungry for bread could have died in the street, and someone who fell ill and had no money to pay doctors could be in danger of dying. Today, we have national insurance,…
It is commonly accepted that money is not a goal, but a means, i.e., a possibility to obtain all kinds of things we want, and to enjoy ourselves and fulfill our aspirations through the money we gain. The problems begin…
Chow Yun-Fat, the Hong Kong actor and filmmaker, is a millionaire, yet he lives on a modest budget, takes public transportation, and buys clothes only on sale, saying, “As long as it is comfortable, I do not need anything else.”…
Saving thousands of dollars a month, raising living standards, feeling like we are realizing our potential and doing meaningful actions. Does that sound good? All such goodness lies in a network of mutual responsibility between people. Today’s world is not…
After analyzing data from over 450,000 Americans, psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Angus Deaton concluded that happiness has a price tag. They found that once a person’s annual income reaches about $75,000, their day-to-day happiness levels off and does not increase much with…
Today, in the U.S., one in five Americans hides a bank account or credit card from their spouse. It raises the question as to whether this growing trend toward independence in relationships is positive or negative. Independence, when rooted correctly, is indeed…