http://failedmessiah.typepad.com/failed_messiahcom/2011/09/wife-of-kabbalist-to-the-stars-explains-why-her-husband-is-innocent-456.html
Story about the fellow named Rabbi Pinto who is increasingly becoming famous as a young 38 year old rabbi who guides the wealthy and powerful in their decisions on this planet for their betterment. Yes he is reputed to take fees in the tens of thousands of dollars for a counseling session.
This article reports that he esteems himself so high in merit that he will not look at or touch or think about monetary assets and he "does not own a thing". True this might be a fascinating way to go through life, I just do not esteem it to be truly orthodox or a way that our Torah proscribes for our people. Is he thinking he is higher and mightier than the regular jewish soul? Perhaps. The following is a comment I wrote on this article for the public viewing regarding the idea that a jew "never touch money". I do not mean to tear this fine fellow apart, but it seems like more of a gimmick to me than a true dance with the fire of Hashem. Thanks.
The guy "doesn't even touch money at all"????
This is a major gimmick. Even the messiah would have touched money if he needed to spend cash. It is a mitzvah to spend money and be participating in the distribution and use of funds for good causes. This guy is a smug pirate of Jewish esteem and I think that it is clear that he will want to stay in the headlines as much as he can to get more people to give him more of that "money he wont touch". And if you think I am denigrating a fellow jew, think again. This guy denigrates our fellow yidden to suppose that holiness is associated with not touching a dollar bill. True you might not want to touch one on shabbas or yom tov of course unless dire circumstances, but the fact is that this guy is a schmendrick and he is if truly blessed, blessed by a faction of heaven that is not preparing us for the world to come, but preparing us for our own personal triumphs in this world. Does that yield a better place in the world to come? I do not know, but I personally have enough confidence in our Torahs guidance that I need not seek out a fellow like this for the answers I can find myself by study and diligence. Thanks.