

Jewish Money Matters
Yael Trusch
Want to discover the secrets to Jewish wealth? Gain practical and spiritual tools to break free from the shackles of financial worry? Design the joyful, rich life that your soul desires? Welcome to Jewish Money Matters Podcast, hosted by award winning Podcast Host, MBA, and International Speaker, Yael Trusch. This is the podcast where Jewish wisdom & spirituality meet your money and your business.
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Aug 8, 2025 • 14min
444: Ask Yael — Can I use Maaser funds to pay for my daughter’s Jewish education?
B”H Download Yael’s Free Debt Repayment Tracker HERE Today on Jewish Money Matters, Yael answers listener’s question on: Taking a loan against a 401K, or refinancing one’s home to tackle$115,000 in credit card debt. Is Maaser paid from before or after taxes? And, can one use Maaser funds to pay for daughters’ Jewish education?
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Aug 4, 2025 • 54min
443: Moshiach Is Not a Fringe Topic with Rabbi Lawrence Hajioff
B”H We’re just coming out of Tisha B’Av, when we mourned for the Temple. Today, we can shift from mourning to yearning — to anticipation, to active participation in the rebuilding of said Temple and in Moshiach’s coming. And to help us step fully into that mindset, I’m joined by Rabbi Lawrence Hajioff, author of […]
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Aug 1, 2025 • 27min
442: Ask Yael — Top 5 Things To Teach Your High School Child About Money
B”H Download Yael’s Mindful Spending Plan at yaeltrusch.com/msp Today on Ask Yael, a listener asks what are the top 5 things Yael would want high school kids to know as they start making money and soon head out into the adult world. Also, Yael answers a listener who wants to know how to teach teenage […]
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Jul 27, 2025 • 50min
441: Game Changer for Jewish Education — The $1,700 Federal Tax Credit You Can’t Afford to Ignore
B”H Check out income eligibility per state HERE. Stay up to date on everything regarding the federal scholarship tax credit by visiting https://agudah.org/schoolchoice Yael Trusch is in conversation with Rabbi A.D. Motzen, National Director of Government Affairs for Agudath Israel of America, and Rabbi Shlomo Soroka, Director of Government Affairs for Agudath Israel of Illinois. […]
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Jul 18, 2025 • 23min
440: Ask Yael — Resenting charity because husband gives a lot of money away
B”H Join Yael inside her weekly newsletter at yaeltrusch.com/newsletter In this episode of Ask Yael, Jewish Money Matters Podcast Host Yael Trusch responds to a listener who wants to know how to deal with her resentment she feels towards giving because her husband is a “big” giver. Another listener wants to know how to let […]
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Jun 20, 2025 • 47min
439: Ask Yael — Where Should I Invest My Kids’ Money?
B”H In this episode of Ask Yael on Jewish Money Matters, Yael answers a listener who wants to understand if trust in G-d causes G-d’s abundance to flow, then how come there are people who don’t trust in G-d and have tremendous abundance? Also, what are the best free budgeting apps? And where do I […]
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Jun 16, 2025 • 1h 11min
438: Jamie Geller, Chief Communications Officer at Aish Global
B”H Jamie Geller, Chief Communications Officer at Aish Global, joins Jewish Money Matters for a beautiful conversation that balances the practical and the spiritual. We delved into Jamie’s current role, financial challenges she’s faced, and the things she’s done that have helped her through them. We also talked about the masculine and feminine energy in […]
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Jun 4, 2025 • 1h 29min
437: Laughing Through Adversity with Esther Lev
B”H Comedian and activist Esther Lev shares her inspiring journey of using humor to uplift her community, herself and more recently, even confront antisemitism. Esther Lev is a rising comedy star in Costa Rica, and the antisemitism in her home country is giving her the push to spread her wings outwards. How did she get […]
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May 30, 2025 • 43min
436: Ask Yael — Women carrying the home’s financial burden & having children vs fiscal responsibility
B”H This week on Jewish Money Matter’s Ask Yael, Yael tackles the mix up of the feminine and masculine energies that happens when women are carrying the financial burden of supporting their households, one that G-d assigned to men. Yael also addresses factoring financial considerations when deciding to have more children, or not. Watch Yael […]
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May 20, 2025 • 1h 14min
435: Jack Miller, CEO of Gelt Financial
B”H I’m in conversation with CEO of Gelt Financial, Jack Miller. Gelt Financial has been a non-bank lender helping real estate investors with their capital needs since 1989. How and why did Jack start Gelt Financial? Who does he credit for his business success? We talk about pivots, challenges, tips to deal with stressors in […]
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