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Torah Book & Portion, Book of Deuteronomy, Haazinu (Deuteronomy 32:1-32:52), Source Book Keys, AMEMEI

DEUTERONOMY | 32:15 kicked — DEUT1695 There is another Jewish disadvantage to ...

DEUT1695 There is another Jewish disadvantage to becoming wealthy. The wealthier a person gets, the more a person tends to forget about God and to think only about himself. The classic reaction to wealth and the "good life" is in the Torah [this verse], describing the person who "kicked," that is, complained, when he became "fat," that is, successful, as he no longer appreciated God. People who work hard and accumulate riches tend to think that it is through their own efforts alone that they have become wealthy and that therefore, all the wealth belongs to them. The prophet (Chagai 2:8) teaches us that all money belongs to God, and none of it belongs to man. The entire world is God's to begin with (Psalms 24:1) and the more one accumulates, the more one tends to forget this, as power can go to a person's head.

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