A major Lubavitch businessman was included once again in the BRW Rich 200, an annual list calculating Australia’s richest people, for the year of 2010.
The richest person in the country is Australian-Israeli retailer Frank Lowy, but it’s the mining magnates who’ve seen their wealth and numbers grow best.
And one of them is Yoseph Gutnick who re-enters the list at spot No. 133 with an estimated paper fortune of $300 million.
Plans to develop a phosphate mine near Mount Isa have put the Chassidic mining magnate back on the list after a 10 year absence, The Australian explained.
Gutnick, a major philanthropist to Chabad and other Jewish causes, had previously made and lost millions in the goldmining industry, with an exciting but unprofitable diversion into diamond exploration, the paper added.
May Hashem bless this family with more and more, because they are great baalei Tzedakah. If they had a bracha from the Rebbe, I can assure u all that they deserve it!
Bracha VeShefah VeHatzlacha.
All the best!!!
Looks to me, that the discussion here is not in regards to Reb Yossel G, he should be matzliach untill the hisgalus of moshiach as the richest man on earth, and may he do all the right things with it, however what is our look on life in general, where should our kuch be/ who should we tell our kids to respect, and what should they hear us talk about around the shabbes table this friday night?
Good shabbes to all.
BS:D 1.Seems like a lot of jealosy, I doubt if any of the critical commentators would mind it if Hashem bestowed the wealth on them. Kindly return it if that occurs. 2 Most imprtant is that you are contradicting the words and wishes of the Rebbe who called Reb Gutnick into his house and told him it is is time for Lubavitchers to become wealthy 3 Even more important is that he used his wealth to further the Rebbes work and in the process made a worldwide Kiddush Hashem.I wonder if the commentators would do the same if they had… Read more »
the rich are chosen to be rich have some respect for them and talmidei chachomim
The Rebbe once said at a farbrengen that those supporting the shluchim are just as important and have just as much schar. His wealth growing, is just like his chabad house growing (being that BH he uses it very well!).
Hayom Yom Nissan 9:
Jewish wealth is not houses and gold. The everlasting Jewish wealth is: Being Jews who keep Torah and Mitzvot, and bringing into the world children and grandchildren who keep Torah and Mitzvot.
On the other hand,
Hayo yom Tevet 27:
The Alter Rebbe said:Jewish physical matter is spiritual. G-d gives us material bounty for us to to transform into something spiritual, when occasionally it is not so (g-d has not provided the material wealth) then we must give G-d whatever we can,even a pauper’s offering, and then He gives generously.
(# 9 here)
This may be true, i may be a dope (according to HARAV MARK LEVINE) ones again, i was talking about exactly this point, please o please, let US ALL open our eyes, for the sake of hashem what are we expecting from our youth, c’mon i wanto hear from the wise amongst us.
Get off the web you dope!
i’m happy when hashem makes his jews rich!
They are the best
that a chossid of the Rebbe has so much money and uses it for good things, Yossel iz a chassidishe yid who gives alot of tzedoko
– someone who never got a penny from him and is still happy for him, chassidim ain mishpocho
He is 57/58 years young. k’aH
#9 You are 100% right
last time i checked my memory bank, i seem to remember the teachings of my mashpia telling us that what we learn in chassidus is meant for REAL not just as a learning exercise. it sounds and tsetse very goyish to me to be concerned about whos who in the fortune 500 of the chsidic world, i would rather see a reshimah of bochurim and yungerlait that accomplished somthing in learning mivtzaim etc. etc. we are allways upset when we see one of our children going off the derech of what our Rabeim are teaching us, well let us lead… Read more »
How old is he?
They are BIG Baalei Tzedokah
mazal tov follow lev levievs advice invest in tzedaka
and moment of silence is what the rebbe spoke about
Diamond Joe had his birthday this wed on 13 Sivan.
Maybe we can now call him Phosphate Joe.
$20.00. huh???
Hes rich
Lets all learn and work hard, and not except things to come easily.