Money and dignity

We have been a bit tight on money lately...so we are thinking and thinking about what we can do to make the situation improve.

Here there is a very small Jewish Community, and it's very hard to work with them, because there is a lot of prejudice about observant Jews, and since we are Chabad, it's even worse! I am not going into details, but there have been some very nasty episodes, a lot of Lashon Hara, and a rudeness from some people that it's very discouraging, at least for me...lately i get stomach aches whenever any of these individuals contacts us :(

Anyway, we hope that there will be a "wind of change" now that the Community might be guided by somebody that is expert about halacha, and maybe we will not be considered like aliens anymore...

Why did i mention dignity? Because my main job at the time is professional catering, and when there were tourists in this area (before the crisis), i had quite a lot of work, very well paid and really appreciated: good food, good clients! 

Recently i  have been contacted by a few potential clients that thought that since they know me, they could take the "professional" out of the picture and deal with me as i were a diner cook at their service...paid work, but very poorly paid...like almost no profit. And what bothers me the most is that these people are nasty to my family, and i feel like they are stepping on our dignity, and at the same time i would feel guilty saying "no" even to this tiny orders because we really need all the pennies we can get...so money or dignity?

Anyway, what we are really working hard on is a jewish oriented social network, with a lot of handy and cool functions, without the useless clutter of other social networks and with some unique features, something that could become for its users the indispensable tool to have!

So stay tuned, because the day of the official release is not far!

Happy second day of Channuka!