<P> In Jewish and Christian tradition, the love of money is condemned as a sin primarily based on texts such as Ecclesiastes 5.10 and 1 Timothy 6: 10 . The Jewish and Christian condemnation relates to avarice and greed rather than money itself . The Jewish and Christian texts (scriptures) are full of parables and use easy to understand subjects, such as money, to convey the actual message, there are further parallels in Solon and Aristotle, and Massinissa--who ascribed love of money to Hannibal and the Carthaginians. . Avarice is one of the Seven deadly sins in the Jewish and Christian classifications of vices (sins). </P> <P> Berachya Hanakdan lists "love of money" as a secular love, while Israel Salanter considers love of money for its own sake a non-universal inner force . A tale about Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Heshel of Apt (1748--1825), rabbi in Iasi, recounts that he, who normally scorned money, had the habit of looking kindly on money before giving it to the poor at Purim, since only in valuing the gift could the gift express love of God . Berachot 54a teaches businessmen to "elevate their love of money to the same status as their love of God, which means that they should thereby love God enough to follow his commandment ." </P>

The love of money root of all evil
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