Excerpts From Toward a Meaningful Life
Explore sections of best-seller "Toward a Meaningful Life".
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Kabbalah: Uniting Heaven & Earth
The Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism), and specifically the branch known as Chassidus, addresses the “cosmic order,” which unites spirit and matter. This is an excerpt from “Toward a Meaningful Life”.
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Why Get Married?
Two people may love and care for each other, but without a divine force, what is to bond temporal human beings eternally?
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Technology: Vice or Virtue
A spiritual look at the vices and virtues of technology. Is the Internet bad? Are cellphones a sign of doom and gloom? Nope! Just use tech for the good.
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Education: Shaping Life
This article is an excerpt from “Toward a Meaningful Life”. It emphasizes the importance of moral education for children, and places responsibility on parents and educators for providing that education.
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The Future
The future holds redemption: Redemption is the light at the end of the tunnel. Redemption is the belief that this world was created by design….
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What is a True Leader?
What is a true leader? Rabbi Simon Jacobson explains in this excerpt from his best-selling book, “Toward a Meaningful Life”.
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The Role of Government
Mankind continues to be plagued by the same basic conflict: individual rights versus the greater good of the community. The role of government is to strike a balance between the two, and yet no political system has been able to perfect this balance.
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Women & Men – Different but Equal?
What are the differences between men and women? Man and woman represent two forms of divine energy; they are the male and female elements of a single soul. Learn more in this excerpt from “Toward a Meaningful Life”.
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What is a Miracle?
What is a miracle? By analyzing the anatomy of a miracle and understanding your feelings about miracles, you can learn much that will help you find deeper meaning in your life. Discuss this excerpt from “Toward a Meaningful Life”.
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Although I am not Jewish, I always enjoy Simon Jacobson’s material. I am terribly dismayed to see that so many people can not look past the “religion” to see the deep, complex universal teachings that are practically relevant to every human life. I have learnt so much from this amazing modern scholar!
-Ismiallh