Rabbi simon jacobson biography sample

Simon Jacobson (born December 8, 1956) is the author of Toward a Meaningful Life (William Morrow, 2002), founder of The Meaningful Life Center and publisher of the Yiddish English weekly, The Algemeiner Journal.

Life and career

Jacobson was born in Brooklyn, New York. He studied in the United Lubavitcher Yeshiva and the Rabbinical College of America, and did his Post-Graduate studies in Central Tomchei Tmimim.

Rabbi simon jacobson biography sample

He married on February 21, 1983 and has two children.

He worked in close association with the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. In 1979, he headed a team of scholars known as Vaad Hanachos Hatemimim that memorized and transcribed entire talks that the Lubavitcher Rebbe gave during the Sabbath and holidays (as writing and tape recording are not permitted on holy days).

This team published more than 1,000 of the Rebbe's talks. He also headed the research team for Sefer HaLikkutim - an encyclopedic collection of Chassidi