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Should Jews avoid buying Bitcoin?

What happens when ancient law meets digital money? Bitcoin isn’t just shaking up banks—it’s challenging 3,000 years of Jewish legal tradition. Menachem Kashanian dives into the halachic grey zones of crypto: Is Bitcoin a currency or a commodity? A lifeline—or a loophole? With insights from Rabbi Michael Caras and Rabbi Shlomo Einhorn, this journey reveals how Torah tackles decentralization, mining on Shabbat, and the ethics of digital wealth. What does Judaism say about the future of money—and are we ready to listen?

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