This week's chapter contains the command to love God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your resources".
Now what is the meaning of love with all your resources, or more obscenely, all your money? Rabbi Eliahu Shedmy of Raanana (pic) explains: A Jew, walking in a dark alley, was being held up: "Your money or your life!" No answer. The robber insists: "Your money or your life!!". The Jew: Wait a minute, I have to think! The idea is to love God more than money. Which is not so obvious at all.
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