Rabbi Yaakov Salomon, C.S.W. is a noted psychotherapist, in private practice in Brooklyn, N.Y. for over 25 years. He is a Senior Lecturer and the Creative Director of Aish Hatorah's Discovery Productions. He is also an editor and author for the Artscroll Publishing Series and a member of the Kollel of Yeshiva Torah Vodaath.
Rabbi Salomon is co-author, with Rabbi Noah Weinberg, of the best selling book "What the Angel Taught You; Seven Keys to Life Fulfillment," (Mesorah), and is also the co-producer of the highly-acclaimed film, "Inspired."
Click here to order Yaakov Salomon's new book, Salomon Says: 50 Stirring and Stimulating Stories.
In these marvelous stories -- brimming with wit, understanding, a touch of irony and a large helping of authentic Torah perspective -- we will walk with a renowned and experienced psychotherapist and popular author through the pathways of contemporary life: its crowded sidewalks, its pedestrian malls, and the occasional dead end street. This is a walk through our lives that will be fun, entertaining -- and eye-opening. In our full -- sometimes overfull -- and complex lives, Yaakov Salomon is a welcome and much-needed voice of sanity and reason.
His speaking, writing and musical talents have delighted audiences from Harvard to Broadway and everything in between. Rabbi Salomon shares his life with his wife, Temmy, and their unpredictable family.
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Some people are funny. Some are insightful. Some are cynical. Some find a humorous touch in everything. Others find irony. Some write beautifully. Few people do them all as well as Rabbi Yaakov Salomon does. Entertaining, inspiring, astute, he has the uncommon ability to look something to give us pause and make us think. His new book, Something to Think About , gives us just that -- with a healthy dose of wit and charm. Click here to order.
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(4) Daniela, September 28, 2006 11:37 AM
I must not think of money the right way...
Whenever I lose money in a stupid way I let it go because I reason that I'm surely being punished by G-d for something... Call me nuts.
(3) Margarita, September 27, 2006 8:20 PM
not that simple
The answer is not that simple. Yes, our time is very important, but we have to have money to live, eat (prices on food and petrol are just getting higher), afford to go to another doctor for second opinion... We have to have money (at least in this age), and we have to value our time. It's not black and white, so we are thinking about it.
(2) MordechaiBulua, September 25, 2006 2:06 PM
Jack (Jacob) Benny and our forefather Jacob
The Talmud in Chulin 91a says that our forefather Jacob chose his money over his life. He stayed alone on the bank of the river Yabok to retrieve some cheap inexpensive vessels. The Talmud derives from this that the righteous prefer their possessions over their lives, as right afterwards, Jacob was attacked by the angel of Aisav. Perhaps the difference is that in the other cases, the chances of death were either certain or quite high, whereas with our forefather Jacob, the risk was smaller as the possibility also existed that he wouldn't be attacked.
(1) Anonymous, September 25, 2006 11:04 AM
BEEN THERE DONE THAT
FINE & GOOD WHEN THE MONEY IS THERE. BUT WHEN YOU ARE RUNNING ON EMPTY IT BECOMES SO IMPORTANT THAT LIFE BECOMES SECONDARY. HOMELESSNESS IS A SCARY THING..