| A wise man taught in Brooklyn for 44 years, influencing the lives
of thousands and receiving accolades from heads of state. Little
known outside of Jewish circles, the Rebbe, as Menachem Mendel
Schneerson is lovingly known, was a fount of spiritual strength
and good sense. Toward a Meaningful Life is an adaptation
of his teachings that convey his strong message of love,
productivity, education, and virtue, all with the grace of a good
and loving God. This is the type of spiritual wisdom that can be
turned to again and again. Toward a Meaningful Life is a
spiritual road map for living-for Jews and non-Jews alike-based on
the teachings of one of the foremost religious leaders of our
time: Rebbe Menachem Mendel Sclmeerson. Head of the Lubavitcher
movement for forty-four years and referred to throughout the world
simply as "the Rebbe," Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who died in
June 1994, was a sage and a visionary of the highest order.
Although the Rebbe's teachings are firmly an chored in over two
thousand years of scholarship, he applies age-old truths to
contemporary life, showing us how to prepare ourselves to enter
the new millennium. The Rebbe teaches and embodies a distinctly
universal message, calling for all humankind to lead productive
and virtuous lives, and for unity between all men and women and
all nations.
Now, the Rebbe's words of wisdom are available in English for
the first time. Toward a Meaningful Life gives the modern
reader-even the most secular-afresh perspective on every aspect of
his or her life; 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; from 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, between
unprecedented worldwide unity and unparalleled personal disunity.
The Rebbe teaches that we now stand at the threshold of a new
world--where matter and spirit converge--and that we are on the
verge of entering an age of knowledge and information, using ideas
that unite people as opposed to the materialism that divides them.
With Toward a Meaningful Life, the reader discovers how each of us
is indispensable and how we all can and must make our unique
indelible mark on our common future. As a true leader; the Rebbe
leads us on a journey toward personal and universal redemption,
toward G-d. Simon Jacobson presents the Rebbe's teachings in
profound, clear language, guiding each of us toward a meaningful
life.
Toward a Meaningful Life is a road map for living for Jews
and non-Jews alike by one of the foremost religious leaders of our
time. His message--that man is responsible for his fellow
man--made him unique among other spiritual leaders. Head of the
Lubavitcher movement for forty-four years, the Rebbe addressed
aspects of everyday life with contemporary sensibility: birth,
education, money, marriage, retirement, and death, as well as such
significant issues as abortion, sex, and homosexuality.
Referred to simply as "the Rebbe" throughout the world, he was
not just the leader of a Chasidic sect but a major political
force--virtually every national and local candidate for office
sought a meeting with the Rebbe. He was consulted on the Gulf War,
the Arab-Israeli situation, the Soviet regime, and the fall of the
Berlin Wall. Now, these inspirational ideas are presented as a
blueprint for life in a materialistic world.
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