Dear Friend,
I am excited to share with you the launch of our 2nd annual campaign, called The Gift of Meaning. This is in response to the great need and demand we are witnessing for our unique yofutzu maayonosecho chutza programs and materials – empowering people everywhere with vital life skills tools — applying Chassidus to deal with the challenges and uncertainties of our time.
We have never been more in need of further growth and support.
Our campaign goal is to raise $1.5 million, through a combination of matching grants and crowdfunding. The funds raised are going directly toward the growth and reach of our programs in new and unprecedented ways, with special focus on teen and young adult counseling, training the next generation of leaders, in addition to expanding our weekly classes, including the highly popular weekly MyLife: Chassidus Applied and Tanya Applied programs — applying the universal wisdom of Torah and Chassidus to addressing people’s emotional, psychological and spiritual needs.
I am asking you to partner with me in this unprecedented effort by generously donating to this timely campaign with any amount you see fit.
Our need is great. Our community, our children, our future are in critical need of the clarity and direction Chassidus provides — answers, guidance, inspiration, support and much more. We are up to the task. But we need YOUR help!
I am confident that our partnership will yield both immediate and long-term mutual fruits and benefits, that will serve us all well in our unified cause of bringing the Rebbe nachas in spreading Chassidus everywhere and preparing the world for being “filled with Divine knowledge as the waters cover the sea,” מלאה הארץ דעה את השם כמים לים מכסים.
What better way to celebrate Chanukah than by igniting the flame of souls, enabling them to warm and illuminate everyone and everything they encounter?
A Freliechen Chanukah,
Simon Jacobson
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Rabbi Simon Jacobson and The Meaningful Life Center work tirelessly day in and day out to spread this message to EVERY single soul, bravely addressing the very real challenges facing our community, going where no one dares to go and answering the hardest questions plaguing us today.
No one brings the Rebbe’s work into the everyday life in the way that Rabbi Simon Jacobson has been doing for over forty years. Starting as a chozer, maniyach and publisher of the Rebbe’s teachings, to the creation of the Week in Review, to authoring the best-seller Toward a Meaningful Life, 60 Days and The Omer Book, to founding The Meaningful Life Center and MyLife: Chassidus Applied, Rabbi Jacobson does NOT STOP – remaining a loyal chossid and servant to his community and the world at large.
Together with his team of over 10 dedicated and hardworking staff, The Meaningful Life Center is thriving like never before, making inroads, applauded by leaders and lay people in all circles, including political figures and celebrities and bringing countless Jews closer to their roots! With over 14 public programs a week, reaching over 2 million unique visitors annually, Meaningfullife.com and ChassidusApplied.com have been a source for hundreds of thousands of people searching for meaning, inspiration, answers, guidance and so much more.
Over the last year Rabbi Jacobson has tripled his output and programs: Addressing mental health, privately advising and counseling hundreds of people, creating resources for teenagers and the younger community, answering hundreds of questions and empowering first responders who sprang into fearless action. His teachings and non-judgmental spirit helped heal so many.
The funds raised are going directly toward the growth and reach of our programs in new and unprecedented ways, with special focus on teen and young adult counseling, training the next generation of leaders, in addition to expanding our weekly classes, including the highly popular weekly MyLife: Chassidus Applied and the recently launched Tanya Applied programs — applying the universal wisdom Torah and Chassidus to addressing people’s emotional, psychological and spiritual needs.
TESTIMONIALS
“NO ONE is out there doing what he’s doing, reaching the masses with real chassidus, tailoring it to the right audiences and addressing current issues. His work is a 911 call. Reb Simon is consistent with his weekly programming which defines the truth of who he is, what he believes in and what he is teaching. He’s amazing. I love him. I’m one of his biggest fans.” – Rabbi Pinchas Ezagui, Director of Daytona Chabad Center
“I am a young adult living in Crown Heights, and I read lots of books in the self-help genre. It’s been encouraging to learn that Torah can also teach me how to have healthy relationships and have a healthier self-image. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that I can get guidance from Torah, and it’s not limited to halacha. The Torah has guidance for my emotional state, my overall health, and tips to living my best life. Thank you, Rabbi Jacobson for opening my eyes to this.”
“The book “Toward a Meaningful Life” appeared on my shelf, I don’t even know who put it there to be honest but it opened my eyes to a truth I never truly owned. The truth of my own religion. I was in university and searching. It was “next on the reading list” after the Tao Te Ching and Siddhartha, I was looking for my meaning, my path to enlightenment. But it became the last book I read in my searching, and the first book I read in my journey home. It ignited my soul and I have Rabbi Simon Jacobson to thank for that.”
