Special Children

Questions & Answers •Weekly Op-Ed • 34 Comments

An email exchange between Rabbi Jacobson and the mother of a bi-polar son illuminates the concept of special children and their unique strengths.

Ten Challenges

Weekly Op-Ed • 5 Comments

Just as Abraham endured ten challenges, we, his children, undergo similar challenges. How we will rise to these ten challenges will define our lives.

Confidence

Weekly Op-Ed • 18 Comments

Korach: Confidence – where does it come from? Inborn or acquired? Nature or nurture? It stems from the soul, one permanence in an immortal physical world.

The Education Crisis

Weekly Op-Ed • 47 Comments

Undoubtedly education of the young is the key to preserving spiritual identity. Today, nothing less than a revolution is necessary in our education systems.

Can We Change Our Personalities?

Weekly Op-Ed • 7 Comments

By seeing ourselves as Divine we can begin looking at the universe in a new way and then recognize our ability to change existence as a whole.

Four Steps to Freedom

Weekly Op-Ed • 9 Comments

There are four steps that G-d used to take His nation out of slavery in Egypt, mirroring the four steps necessary to achieve freedom today.

Think Different

Weekly Op-Ed • 1 Comment

We must see current events as a unique opportunity to wake up: This is our time to affect real change, it is time to start thinking and acting differently.

Can The New Year Actually Change You? Pre-Rosh Hashana Workshop

Video •MLC TV • 0 Comments

Please join Rabbi Simon Jacobson in this Chai-Elul / pre-Rosh Hashana workshop for a fascinating discussion on the nature of human nature, dissecting the anatomy of our wiring, what shapes us and what it would take to reshape us.

The Secret to Giving Birth

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The Hard Life

Essays • 2 Comments

Both Mattot and Massei are parashiyot read during the Three Weeks – both are lessons on galut.