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#1. Educator Norman Lamm said, In Judaism, there are 613 biblical commandments, and the Talmud says that the chief commandment of all is study.

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#2. The Jews are known for their perseverance and this is what helps them achieve their goals. Perseverance means continuous persistence in a course of action, a purpose, in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement.

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#3. No other ethnic group has even come close to matching the abilities and accomplishments of Jews.

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#4. Many Jews understand that time is more valuable than money. You can always recover money, but you can never recover time.

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#5. Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs.

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#6. Jews highly value having an abundance of money for the sake of caring for their families and for helping the needy.

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#7. CODE:
Cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.
Tanakh (JPS, Genesis 3:17)
DECODED:
Blessed is He that discerneth secrets.
Talmud (Berakoth 58a)

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#8. They spend their time acquiring wisdom, acquiring wealth, or contributing to society. The problem is that many people act like they will live forever on earth and waste away their time in worthless pursuits. For example, try to imagine - what would you do if you only had one month to live?

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#9. Rabbi Elazar ben Azariah said, "Where there is no money, there is no learning." The rabbis explain that unless people's stomachs are full and satisfied, they cannot study, grow spiritually, and do good works.

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#10. Jewish families encourage pursuit of wealth accumulation, high-income careers, and investing.

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#11. Jews believe that people are creators, not consumers. The role of humans is to improve and perfect God's creations through work, creation, and innovation.

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#12. The thoughts of the wise are in the house of mourning, but the thoughts of fools are in the house of pleasure" (CJB, Ecclesiastes 7:4).

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#13. The Talmud says that "blessed is He who has created all these to serve me." German politician Julius Streicher said, "It is an open secret that Jews do not work, but rather let others work for them.

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#14. The Tanakh teaches that, "The diligent will rule, while the lazy will be put to forced labor". Most Jews work for themselves and hire employees instead of being employees.

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#15. Religious Jews believe that all things come from God, as God owns everything. The Tanakh says, "The Lord makes some poor and others rich; he brings some down and lifts others up" (NLT, 1 Samuel 2:7). "The blessing of the LORD brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it" (NIV, Proverbs 10:22).

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#16. There are thousands of codes in the Torah which are decoded by the Talmud.

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#17. Jews have been the most successful and productive nation in history.

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#18. Happiness can be defined as the function of the effort we put forth toward the realization of life's goals. When we understand that our purpose in this world is to strive toward purposeful accomplishment, precisely then will we experience happiness.

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#19. What a wise man knows, therefore, is how to construct a pattern that, given the human situation, is likely to lead to a good life.

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#20. Time is money but I say money is time, for every luxury costs so many precious hours of your life." Hold back on purchasing all you desire,

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#21. Happiness does not result from pleasure, but rather, from reaching one's goals.

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#22. If one takes his studies by heaps at a time, he will benefit little, but if one gathers knowledge little by little he will gain much.

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#23. It has become a cultural norm in Jewish families for parents to bring up their children to value wealth.

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#24. Jews are estimated to be less than 1% of the world's population yet approximately 25% of the world's billionaires are Jewish.

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#25. Religious Jews are protected from serving creditors. One of the 613 mitzvah is not to borrow with interest (Deuteronomy 23:20). Unwise borrowing puts you in a position of servitude (Proverbs 22:7). Much

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#26. While many ethnic and religious groups are mainly focused on the afterlife and downplaying this world, Jews view wealth and success as a blessing and gift from God.

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#27. Wealth is a planned result that requires productive work and dedication. The Tanakh says, "The plans of the diligent lead only to abundance; but all who rush in arrive only at want" (CJB, Proverbs 21:5).

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