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Toward a Meaningful Life is a spiritual road map for living – for Jews and Gentiles alike. It is based on the teachings of one of the foremost religious leaders of our time: Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Head of the Lubavitcher movement for forty-four years. He is referred to throughout the world simply as “the Rebbe”. He was a sage and a visionary of the highest order. Although the Rebbe’s teachings are firmly anchored in over two thousand years of Torah scholarship, he applies age-old truths to contemporary life. The Rebbe teaches a distinctly universal message, calling for unity and for all humankind to lead productive and virtuous lives.
Toward a Meaningful Life gives the modern reader – even the most secular – a fresh perspective on every aspect of his or her life. This is found throughout, whether it is a trivial concern or the most profound matter of the soul. The book gives the Rebbe’s perspective on the range of life’s cycles, from birth to youth to aging to death. The subject include marriage, love and intimacy, work and fitness, to pain and suffering, education, miracles, science, and state and religion. One learns how to bridge the dichotomy between accelerated technology and decelerated morality. The contrast between unprecedented world-wide unity and unparalleled personal disunity is uncovered.
The Rebbe teaches that we stand at the threshold of a new era of knowledge and information. He uses ideas that unite people, rather than materialism that divides them. The reader will discover how each of us is indispensable. Paramount is how we all can and must make our unique indelible mark on our common future.
Compiler/editor: Rabbi Simon Jacobson. He presents the Rebbe’s teachings clearly, guiding the reader toward a meaningful life.
