Elon Musk Answer

01/27/2025

A. Musk posted on X that “Instead of teaching fear of pregnancy, we should teach fear of childlessness.” Rabbi Shlomo Litvin, a Kentucky Chabad shaliach, posted a picture of his wife and seven children and replied, “I’m working on it @elonmusk. Now please make a Tesla big enough for my family.” Musk responded “That’s great to see! Tesla Robovan is in development,” leading Rabbi Litvin to post, “Thank you, sir! My family would happily be the test family for the Tesla Robovan.”

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E. Two Chassidic businessmen invited Musk to a meeting to discuss business issues. They also invited Chabad Rabbi Mordechai Lightstone, director of social media for Chabad.org and the founder of Tech Tribe to join them and answer any questions Musk might have about Judaism. After the business portion of the meeting ended, Musk noted that this was his first personal encounter with Chassidim. Rabbi Lightstone asked if Musk had any questions, and Musk said that he had one. Referencing the mens’ payos (side curls), Musk asked, “How do you curl your hair so nicely?”

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