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Toward a Meaningful Life, New Edition: The Wisdom of the Sages Hardcover – Deckle Edge, August 20, 2002

by Simon Jacobson (Author)

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With a new foreword and chapter that address the upheaval that followed the events of September 11, this revised edition of Toward a Meaningful Life traces the root causes of our fear and uncertainty and lucidly outlines strategies for recovery and redemption. Profound yet accessible to readers of all backgrounds and beliefs, Toward a Meaningful Life provides comfort and renewed hope, showing us how to find solace even as we endure overwhelming suffering and inexplicable loss.

Toward a Meaningful Life is a spiritual road map for living based on the teachings of one of the foremost religious leaders of our time: Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Head of the Lubavitcher movement for forty-four years and recognized throughout the world simply as "the Rebbe," Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who passed away in June 1994, was a sage and visionary of the highest order.

Although the Rebbe's teachings are firmly anchored in more than three thousand years of scholarship, the urgent relevance of these age-old truths to contemporary life has never been more manifest. The principles the Rebbe derived from the sages embody a distinctly universal message, calling for humankind at all times to lead productive and virtuous lives, and for unity among all peoples and all nations. The new chapter, "Upheaval and Change," guides us through the challenges of the new millennium.

Toward a Meaningful Life gives modern readers -- even the most secular -- fresh perspectives on every aspect of their lives, from everyday cares to the most profound crisis of the soul. The book brings the Rebbe's perspective to the full range of life's cycles -- birth to death, youth to old age; marriage, love, intimacy, and family; the persistent issues of career, health, pain, and suffering; and education, faith, science, and government. We learn to bridge the divisions between accelerated technology and decelerated morality, between unprecedented worldwide unity and unparalleled personal disunity.

At the threshold of a new world where matter and spirit converge -- an age of knowledge and information -- Toward a Meaningful Life proposes spiritual principles that unite people as opposed to the materialism that divides them. Guided by the wisdom of the sages, readers discover that we are indispensable and can and must make our unique indelible marks n our common future. A true leader, the Rebbe continues to lead us toward personal and universal redemption, toward a meaningful life, and toward God.

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Hardcover: 352 pages
Publisher: William Morrow; Revised edition (August 20, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0060511907
ISBN-13: 978-0060511906
Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 1.1 x 8.2 inches
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Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #104,185 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #336 in Books > Religion & Spirituality > Judaism
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful

Everything you always wanted to know ...

By A Customer on October 5, 2002

Format: Hardcover

.. and now it appears in print. This book is an amazing tour de force as it gives us guidelines on living a successful life. It is for all ages and all people regardless of their personal beliefs or lack of them. You won't ever look at the world the same or take things for granted again. So simple, you will wonder how come no one ever told you these things before.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

Wise old man whispers into your ear

By Denis Benchimol Minev on April 30, 2005

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The author of this book compiles teaching from the Rebbe (Menachem Schneerson, the Lubavitcher rebbe until 1994) in a simple and skillful way, dividing them into topics that can be readily addressed. There are chapters on children and education, marriage and choosing a wife, sadness and how to cope with it, death; basically, all major emotions and events in life. The chapters are full of anecdotes, which make for a very vivid way of teaching.

Though I am not a deeply religious man, I certainly appreciate the comfort provided by the book. It is not restricted to Jews, though I think Jews would be more familiar with the stories. It does an attempt to reconcile religion with science (a feeble one, I should add), being this I think the only more controversial part of it; otherwise, I can almost picture the old man whispering in my ear, pointing in the direction of righteousness and goodness.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

A self-help approach to finding wisdom

By Midwest Book Review on November 7, 2002

Format: Hardcover

Simon Jacobson's Toward A Meaningful Life is a true classic which pairs spiritual and intellectual concepts with advice and perceptions of everyday life: while its roots are in Judaism, its advice and insights will appeal to a wide audience and may be used as a self-help approach to finding wisdom in a chaotic modern life.

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful

The Rebbe speaks to everyone

By A Customer on March 18, 2003

Format: Hardcover

A down-to-earth look at the wisdom from one of this century's most remarkable people. Now that we are a number of years beyond his death, and away from the controversy over whether Schneerson was the messiah, the power of his ideas is even stronger.

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful

Life Changing

By Grateful Reader on October 19, 2004

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Rarely is such universal wisdom and guidance captured between book covers. This book is a must read for anyone in search of objective truth and personal relevance.

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