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Jewish Wealth Creation

Jewish Wealth Creation

Rabbi Justin Treger 82 Episodes Oct 28, 2025

Join Rabbi Justin Treger, a business leader and rabbi who navigates both Torah and commerce, as he explores Torah sources to guide integrating work as a key element in Avodas Hashem (service of God). The podcast offers insights into Jewish perspectives on wealth creation and business ethics, bridging spiritual practice and professional life.

Episodes

Pt.3 | Money after Life: A Halachic Will
Pt.3 | Money after Life: A Halachic Will Oct 28, 2025 29:19 A well-structured halachic Will is one of the greatest gifts you can give your family after you pass on, bringing peace, clarity and stability to them in a difficult time. We are told that preparing a Will while you're alive is a blessing for long life.  Explore a Torah approach to Wills in this final episode of Money after Life.
Pt.2 | Money after Life: The futility of inheritance
Pt.2 | Money after Life: The futility of inheritance Sep 26, 2025 29:04 Does your children's financial well being depend on you? We mistakenly believe that we can give our children a good life once we pass on, by leaving them assets. But the truth is quite different - Hashem controls their finances. If He decrees wealth for them, they'll have it without you. And if he decrees poverty, no money you leave can override that. This liberates you to use your time & money wi
Pt.1 | Money after Life: Working for your children
Pt.1 | Money after Life: Working for your children Sep 18, 2025 30:34 It's a natural desire to leave ample wealth for your family's security when you pass on. But it's also lazy. Hashem gave you money to distribute while you are alive! Only you can fulfill the unique role of allocating wealth to the right places. Dive into our Sages view on tzedaka & inheritance - how to use your money well while you are alive, and avoid regrets when you can no longer call the shots
Pt.15 | Good to Great: A Lust for Learning?
Pt.15 | Good to Great: A Lust for Learning? Sep 2, 2025 21:15 Lust for food and women don't seem like lofty Torah subjects! If anything, they're antithetical to a lifestyle of sitting & learning. But the Vilna Gaon teaches us that they can work together - enabling a person to connect deeply to the Torah, purifying them and quelling their lustful desires. Bring your whole being into learning - that's the secret to Greatness!
Pt.14 | Good to Great: The secret to lust suppression
Pt.14 | Good to Great: The secret to lust suppression Aug 26, 2025 30:16 Quite extraordinary, the antidote to powerful lusts for food, drink and sexuality is… torah learning. This leaves us with a surprising riddle - how will we shlep a lustful, lazy person into the beis midrash… let the Vilna Gaon enlighten us
Pt.13 | Good to Great: Productivity is the cure
Pt.13 | Good to Great: Productivity is the cure Aug 19, 2025 30:09 What does the Torah recommend to temper our lowest and most physical desires? Your desire for wealth is a surprisingly effective tool for this - it makes you productive, while simultaneously quelling your base desires that are born from idleness.   Your desire for wealth can help you build a magnificent life that's productive and sin free.
Pt.12 | Good to Great: The beauty of hard work
Pt.12 | Good to Great: The beauty of hard work Aug 12, 2025 26:07 The Torah lauds the benefit that hard work has in your life. Idleness and laziness open the door for your yetzer hora to take control and cause havoc in your life. Hard work is an essential ingredient to keep your base desires in check
Pt.11 | Good to Great: Stay in your lane
Pt.11 | Good to Great: Stay in your lane Aug 5, 2025 29:52 The competitive desire to be the best can make you exceptional, but it needs guidance. Do you really need to be the best at everything? And if your competitor is beating you, how should you respond? In this series, you'll learn how to harness your competitive nature to give you the edge
Pt.10 | Good to Great: The Upside of Jealousy
Pt.10 | Good to Great: The Upside of Jealousy Jul 29, 2025 33:13 Jealousy and competitiveness can destroy you. But with some perspective,  you'll see that it can actually propel you closer to Hashem. Tap into your competitive nature and make yourself a great servant of Hashem.
Pt.9 | Good to Great: The Drive to Win
Pt.9 | Good to Great: The Drive to Win Jul 22, 2025 28:52 Is being competitive a bad trait? Should you squash your desire to be the best? Your competitive drive can make you exceptional if used correctly. Squash it, and you're staring mediocrity in the face. The natural drive to be the best is a powerful tool to serve Hashem. Use it to your advantage, just like many Torah giants have done - transforming their lives and the world around them.
Pt.8 | Good to Great: Loosen your fist
Pt.8 | Good to Great: Loosen your fist Jul 14, 2025 30:32 The Torah tells us to build wealth by giving money away - a seemingly counterintuitive strategy? But a deeper look into this strategy will help you build real wealth and transform your entire character. Tzedaka is your superpower in wealth creation and a healthy relationship with money.
Pt.7 | Good to Great: The Power of Prayer
Pt.7 | Good to Great: The Power of Prayer Jul 1, 2025 28:10 Prayer is a powerful tool for you to build a relationship with Hashem. Ultimately, it's that relationship that determines your success or failure. You pour out your deepest desires in prayer - but what makes Hashem listen to you? Learn how your desire for wealth can develop a beautiful relationship with Hashem - with real connection & respect.

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