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Product Description This book challenges us to take a broad and ethical view of economic behavior, which includes all forms of exchange and human interaction, from how we spend our money to how we fulfill our role as responsible human beings in a global ecological framework. Drawing on Jewish ethical teachings, mystical lore, and tales of the Hasidic masters, the author examines a wide range of subjects, including competition, partnerships, and contracts, loans and interest, the laws of fair exchange, and tips and presents. The Kabbalistic teachings in this book not only impart wisdom about the world of money, but also lead us to self-understanding and the magic of knowing who we are, what we really want, and how to receive it. Review The Kabbalah of Money: Insights on Livelihood, Business, and Other Forms of Economic Behavior by Rabbi Nilton Bonder is the most consistently spiritual and epiphanous book available on the ethical challenges of living in a material world. The Brazilian author presents rabbinical and mystical insights into an ecology of money involving exchange, transaction, and interdependence. In chapter after chapter, Bonder spins off fresh perspectives on the meaning of wealth, poverty, ownership, charity, competition, loans, fair exchange, tips, and presents. His Kabbalistic perspective enables him to show how study, prayer, and good deeds are integral to economic behavior. Since we are 'guests of God' in the world, gratitude and reverence are spiritual practices which enrich our knowledge of who we are and what is really important in our lives. And lest anyone think that The Kabbalah of Money is filled with abstractions, be forewarned that this dazzling little volume contains a treasure trove of wonderful stories by Hasidic masters. Values and Visions Magazine , October 1996 About the Author Rabbi Nilton Bonder was born in Brazil and ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. He leads workshops on spirituality in management for such corporations as IBM, the Brazilian Oil Company, and the Federation of Industries of Sao Paulo. Rabbi Bonder is known in Brazil as the Green Rabbi for his activism in environmental causes. He also serves as president of the Institute for Religious Studies, the largest forum for civil rights activities in Latin America. Rabbi Bonder is the author of eight books, several of them best-sellers in Brazil.