Keep My Business Or Give Up Internet? [#14846]

August 24, 2021

QUESTION:

I read the english translations of the Rav’s words about media use and I understand from the Rav, if I have understood correctly from the english translation, that internet may not even be used for parnassah (livelihood). I earn a livelihood from others who use the internet to access my program that I teach, and I also need to use a website to communicate with my customers. According to the Rav am I supposed to close down my business [since it requires internet]?

ANSWER:

If you want to find a true, genuinely spiritual life, which is pure and aligned with the will of the Creator of the world, it is upon you to re-think for yourself a new direction, a purer direction for you to take, which will end up being for your own benefit – it will be for the benefit of your neshamah (Divine soul) and for all of your eternity.