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talk more about the cash advance I have
at least a half a dozen lectures about
the cash advance business it's uh you
know and a person can watch those
lectures there many sources from the Tor
from the prophets from the writings from
the the oral Tora the T from the that
discuss this predatory business and how
much uh damage it's caused is over over
uh the centuries it's always been a uh
thorn in our side as a nation uh when
Jewish people get into lending business
even
though prohibited it between Jews and
Jews and even uh uh prohibited between
Jews and non-jews when it's a a non-jew
that's uh doing is favorable to you and
it's a non-jew that uh uh you're
planning on overcharging you know these
things are are have never been permitted
but unfortunately people get blind when
it comes to money and uh they uh they
don't look they don't look uh at the
right places they don't learn the right
things and they end up uh making
critical mistakes that not only cause
damage to other people but it causes
damage to anyone that's involved in it
uh and anyone that is benefiting from
the cash advance business uh is going to
end up losing uh much more than theyve
ever gained much more than they've ever
gained that's why when people tell me uh
you know I've had guys from the cash
advance business that have watched my
lectures uh contact me and ask questions
and so on some of them have actually
been nice people uh that uh ended up
leaving the cash advance business some
of them are too addicted to it and
stayed in but you know they're uh uh
they're trying to uh to do good things
and think hopefully that's going to help
them which it's not but uh some of them
have really been obnoxious either way
some of them uh the ones that are in the
middle have asked me Rabbi so is it
since you're so against the cash advance
business uh is it okay if I donate to
you and uh I always tell them please
don't donate a dollar to me if it's
coming from the cash advance business
please don't donate that money to me uh
I I don't want you to donate a single
penny to our organization if it's coming
from there if it's coming from something
else you made money in real estate you
made money in the stock market you made
money from a different business that's
kosher no problem but if you make money
from the cash advance business please do
not donate don't uh destroy the kadha
that our organization has with your uh
uh with your impure money we don't want
any of it and all of the people that are
benefiting from it even the ones that
are receiving donations from it
knowingly that it's coming from there uh
and they're not telling people to leave
that business they'll also end up losing
uh they're also going to end up losing
it's not it's not just the wicked people
that are making the money by doing this
it's also the people that are benefiting
from
uh because sometimes uh when when you
know these types of people that are in
crooked
businesses uh you know they they uh they
have like a a conscious they're that's
calling them telling them to maybe stop
they silence that conscience when they
see that the uh you know the the uh
Rabbi uh or other types of uh leaders
within the community are uh resp
respecting them and accepting uh their
support without saying anything bad
about it they feel like oh if it was so
bad they would say something and since
they're not only not saying anything
they're actually you know encouraging me
to donate even more then they feel like
they're not doing anything bad so that's
why they become Partners to the crime
they become Partners to the crime and
eventually they'll get punished also and
this is going to be a tragedy but you
know somebody goes against God that's
what
happens we are meant to be a light
unto the Nations not to follow their
misguided practices remember every Jew
has to remember that he's a Jew and
she's a Jew we don't celebrate
non-jewish holidays even if they seem
harmless it's a z
disrespect to the Tora and could lead to
CH hasem desecration of God's name stick
to our holy Torah and our own holidays
that's the path of a true Jew