Stories
Breaking Down the Highest Level of Empathy
Rabbi Simon Jacobson breaks down the highest level of empathy by telling a story of the Mittler Rebbe.
Read MoreA Chance Reading and Meeting
I picked up a book randomly sitting at my table and opened to any page, the words I read changed our life.
Read MoreReach. Not Preach.
Brazilian educator founded school based on Lubavitcher Rebbe’s timeless wisdom found in the Book Toward a Meaningful Life by Simon Jacobson.
Read MoreMore than the Eye Can See: A Journey from Darkness to Light
In the past few years I have discovered that Judaism is more than the eye can see. It is a journey from darkness to light; the light of the Torah.
Read MoreSuicidal Thoughts
The words I read in Toward a Meaningful Life pierced through me and opened up a world of new possibilities and serene peace.
Read MoreSpiritually Thirsty
I was spiritually thirsty. Toward a Meaningful Life put my spiritual house in order and then everything else in my life fell into place.
Read MoreCelebrating My Birth 60 Years Later
The book, Toward a Meaningful Life by Simon Jacobson, helped me commit my life and coming year with intention and meaning.
Read MoreKaparot
Kaparot is one of the most solemn observances of the Days of Awe. In the early morning hours of the day before Yom Kippur, we take a rooster (for a man) or a hen (for a woman) and, circling it above our heads, say three times: “This is my exchange, this is in my stead, this is my kaparah (atonement); this rooster shall go to its death, and I shall go on to good, long life and peace.”
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