Simon Jacobson

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Simon Jacobson speaks at the National Prayer Luncheon at Scott Air Force Base in 2010

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Simon Jacobson (born December 8, 1956) is the author of

Chabad-Lubavitch
movement.

Life and early career

Jacobson was born in

Central Tomchei Tmimim. While in yeshiva, Jacobson began working extensively as a choizer (transcriber) for the talks of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh Chabad rebbe.[1]

Career

In 1979, Jacobson began directing a team of scholars known as Vaad Hanachos Hatemimim that memorized and

Jewish Law). This team published more than 1,000 of the Rebbe's talks.[1]

Jacobson was also part of the research team for Sefer HaLikkutim – an encyclopedic collection of Hasidic Jewish thought anthologized from the works of Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, the third Chabad rebbe (26 volumes, published 1977–1982).[1]

Jacobson heads The Meaningful Life Center, described as a "spiritual Starbucks" by The New York Times.[2]

Publications

Jacobson is the author of the book Toward a Meaningful Life, a William Morrow publication that has sold more than 300,000 copies and has been translated into Hebrew, French, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, German, Hungarian, Polish and Czech.[3]

Jacobson is also the publisher of The Algemeiner. Many of his writings are syndicated on the Chabad website, Chabad.org[4]

Publications

Books

  • Toward a Meaningful Life, 1995
    ISBN 978-0-9612088-1-3
  • Spiritual Guide to Counting the
    ISBN 0-06-051190-7
  • 60 DAYS: A Spiritual Guide to the
    ISBN 1-886587-24-8

Personal life

Jacobson married on February 21, 1983, and has two children. His brother is Yosef Yitzchak Jacobson, a world renowned rabbi and dean and Rosh Yeshiva of TheYeshiva.net.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Interview with Simon Jacobson Archived 2009-08-08 at the Wayback Machine, Chabadominican.com
  2. ^ "Synagogue, and 'Spiritual Starbucks'". The New York Times. September 29, 2008.
  3. ^ "Chabad South Hills News". Pittsburgh, PA. IN Community Magazine. Archived from the original on December 16, 2014. The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute (JLI) will present Toward a Meaningful Life: A Soul-Searching Journey for Every Jew....Although the course is prepared by Rabbi Simon Jacobson, head of the Meaningful Life Center in New York City and author of the best-selling book Toward a Meaningful Life, the sessions are freestanding and no prior familiarity with the book is assumed.
  4. ^ "Jewish Knowledge Base Authors: Simon Jacobson". www.chabad.org. Chabad-Lubavitch Media Center. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  5. ^ "TheYeshiva.net - Your homepage for Jewish Education". TheYeshiva.net. Archived from the original on June 9, 2010.

External links

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