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42 Journeys, Part 4: Middle Age. The Quiet Question of Midlife. Is This All You Were Meant to Be
Jun 25, 2026
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42 Journeys, Part 2. The Challenging Years. The Early Challenges in Life. The Forces That Can Break You Before You Become You
Jun 11, 2026
37m 04s
42 Journeys, Part 1. The Formative Years. From Innocence to Identity. The Awakening of Your Purpose
Jun 4, 2026
23m 35s
The More You Give, the More You Become
May 28, 2026
28m 05s
Forever is Not Romantic -It's Spiritual
May 19, 2026
27m 27s
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| 6/25/26 | ![]() 42 Journeys, Part 4: Middle Age. The Quiet Question of Midlife. Is This All You Were Meant to Be | The 42 Journeys of Life – Part 4: Middle AgeThe Quiet Question of Midlife: Is This All You Are Meant to Be?How do you reach the Promised Land?Each of us carries dreams, aspirations, goals, and a vision of the life we hope to build. We all seek success, fulfillment, happiness, and purpose. But what is the path that leads us there? Is there a map for navigating life's twists and turns?The Torah's answer is yes.Before the Jewish people entered the Promised Land, they traveled through the wilderness, passing through forty-two distinct journeys. These journeys were not merely historical events; they are the blueprint for every human life. Each of us must travel our own wilderness, facing challenges and setbacks, triumphs and breakthroughs, moments of uncertainty and moments of inspiration.In this fourth installment of our seven-part series, The 42 Journeys of Life, we arrive at the pivotal stage of Middle Age—the season when many begin to hear the quiet but persistent question:"Is this all I am meant to be?"Having traversed the first twenty journeys—the formative years of childhood, the excitement of growth, and the early challenges and struggles that shape our character—we now enter a new chapter. A chapter of reflection, reassessment, and deeper self-discovery.Every stage of life brings its own lessons and opportunities. The key is to recognize where you are on the journey, understand the unique challenges of that stage, and learn how to navigate them with wisdom and purpose.Join Rabbi Simon Jacobson as we explore the next phase of the wilderness journey and discover how every step, every challenge, and every transition is part of a greater path—leading us toward our own Promised Land: the fulfillment of our mission and the actualization of our deepest potential. | — | ||||||
| 6/11/26 | ![]() 42 Journeys, Part 2. The Challenging Years. The Early Challenges in Life. The Forces That Can Break You Before You Become You✨ | life journeypersonal growth+4 | — | The 42 Journeys of Life | Torah | 42 journeysBaal Shem Tov+6 | — | 37m 04s | |
| 6/4/26 | ![]() 42 Journeys, Part 1. The Formative Years. From Innocence to Identity. The Awakening of Your Purpose✨ | spiritual journeysidentity+4 | — | Torahbook of Exodus+2 | Sinai DesertParan Desert | ExodusJewish journeys+4 | — | 23m 35s | |
| 5/28/26 | ![]() The More You Give, the More You Become✨ | givingself-discovery+3 | — | — | — | givingtaking+3 | — | 28m 05s | |
| 5/19/26 | ![]() Forever is Not Romantic -It's Spiritual✨ | loveeternity+4 | — | — | — | loveeternal+5 | — | 27m 27s | |
| 5/8/26 | ![]() Standing Small but Living Large. The Secret to Inner Strength in Times of Global Tension✨ | inner strengthglobal tension+4 | — | — | — | inner strengthglobal tension+5 | — | 58m 34s | |
| 5/4/26 | ![]() The Most Important Question in Times of Conflict_What Are You Fighting For✨ | conflict resolutionfriendship+3 | — | — | — | conflictfriendship+5 | — | 20m 36s | |
| 4/23/26 | ![]() The Kabbalah of Oil Part 2. How to Reveal the Resources Hidden Within You and the Earth✨ | Kabbalahoil+4 | — | — | United StatesIsrael+3 | Kabbalah of Oilspiritual struggle+5 | — | 51m 30s | |
| 4/16/26 | ![]() The Kabbalah of Oil. The Hidden Spiritual Battle Beneath the Middle East✨ | Kabbalahoil+5 | — | United StatesIran+3 | Middle EastStrait of Hormuz+2 | Kabbalahoil reserves+6 | — | 30m 52s | |
| 3/27/26 | ![]() Beat Swords into Plowshares. From Vision to Victory✨ | peacewar+4 | — | — | Iran | peacewar+6 | — | 31m 41s | |
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| 3/19/26 | ![]() Prophecy and Policy. Biblical Echoes of the Current Crisis✨ | prophecypolicy+4 | — | — | Mesopotamian regionGarden of Eden+3 | prophecypolicy+6 | — | 31m 41s | |
| 3/12/26 | ![]() The Case for War Against Iran✨ | warmorality+5 | — | United StatesIsrael | Iran | warmorality+6 | — | 31m 36s | |
| 3/5/26 | ![]() Purim and Persia - Then and Now✨ | PurimPersia+4 | — | Book of Esther | IranPersia | PurimPersia+6 | — | 33m 33s | |
| 2/26/26 | ![]() To Be or Not To Be. The Spiritual Art of Making Decisions✨ | decision makingindecisiveness+3 | — | — | — | decision makingindecisiveness+3 | — | 27m 47s | |
| 2/20/26 | ![]() Stop Chasing Happiness. Start Living Joy✨ | happinessjoy+3 | — | — | — | happinessjoy+5 | — | 31m 33s | |
| 2/5/26 | ![]() Why the Most Important Growth Is Invisible✨ | personal growthinvisible forces+4 | — | — | — | growthinvisible+6 | — | 36m 21s | |
| 1/23/26 | ![]() Do You Have the Courage to Live Authentically? | Do you have the courage to live authentically? Do you ever feel that you’re performing—living a life shaped less by who you are, and more by what others expect of you?By what they demand, request, or define as who you should be?Parents shape us with expectations. Educators leave their imprint. Friends influence us. Society applies its subtle, and not so subtle, pressures. Over time, we learn how to play the role well.But how much of your life is an act?How much of you is living a script that is not truly yours?And perhaps more unsettling: you may no longer know the difference. When a role is played long enough, it can feel like identity. You assume a personality, a way of being, that may have little to do with your authentic self.Please join Rabbi Simon Jacobson and explore how to move from performance to essence, from role-playing to the real you. It takes courage—real courage—to ask these questions. And even more courage to act on them. Because you may discover that the real you has been undercover, hidden, never fully acknowledged, validated, nurtured, or encouraged. | — | ||||||
| 1/15/26 | ![]() Why Were You Born. The Question That Frees You | What price would you pay for a formula that will help free you of your fears, insecurities, and inhibitions—the inner forces that restrain you and prevent you from becoming who you were meant to be?Each of us is shaped—and often trapped—by powerful influences: peer pressure, parental critique, childhood wounds, adult trauma. These forces can lock us in place, keeping us from spreading our wings and living with full confidence.There is one question that has the power to set you free. A question that doesn’t demand a quick answer, but an honest one. A question that cuts through the noise, dismantles fear, and reconnects you with the core of who you are.This life-transforming question is: why were you born? Please join Rabbi Simon Jacobson as he explains how living with purpose turns your life into a proactive one instead of a reactive one. And that makes all the difference. Purpose— knowing why you were born—creates direction and urgency, which in turn counters all fears and challenges that come your way. It allows you to take control of your life, instead of circumstances controlling you. It helps reframe your past, clarify your present, and redirect your future, reminding you that you are not here by accident and that your life carries a unique responsibility only you can fulfill. | — | ||||||
| 1/1/26 | ![]() The Threshold Moment: Standing Between What Was and What Can Be | As we enter a new year, consider this powerful question: What potential within you has yet to be revealed? What would it mean to draw from your inner resources something unprecedented, to become more than you have been until now?That is a transformative way to enter a new year.Life lives in three dimensions: past, present, and future. Growth means honoring where we’ve been, understanding where we are, and daring to envision who we can become—materially, emotionally, spiritually, and in our relationships.So on this threshold moment, standing between what was and what can be, ask yourself: What is waiting to be unleashed?Please join Rabbi Simon Jacobson for this special New Year’s program as we explore how to unlock the potential within you that has yet to be expressed. This is your moment to step beyond who you were and begin becoming who you are meant to be. | — | ||||||
| 12/25/25 | ![]() With You in the Dark. Why You Are Never Alone | When my uncle was a small child, he once woke in the middle of the night, gripped by fear of the dark. Trembling, he ran to his mother, my grandmother, and said, “Mommy, I’m afraid.” She embraced him, soothed him, and then gently told him, “Go back to bed and remember: be afraid of nothing but G-d.”Calmed, he returned to sleep. But half an hour later, he was back shaking. “What are you afraid of now?” she asked. He answered simply, “I’m afraid of G-d.”That story captures something deeply human.We all encounter nights in our lives—moments of darkness, loneliness, uncertainty—that make us tremble. Darkness has a powerful hold because it conceals, it obscures, it feels mysterious and threatening.The mystics ask: Is darkness merely the absence of light or does it have its own substance? Either way, it confronts us and demands a response.Please join Rabbi Simon Jacobson in this fundamental conversation about facing those darker corners of our lives and discovering a profound truth: even in the dark, you are never alone. And that ultimately, darkness is the greatest light of them all. | — | ||||||
| 12/18/25 | ![]() Finding Deeper Light in the Abyss | I speak to you with a heavy heart in the aftermath of the cold-blooded and brutal murders of our brothers and sisters—colleagues, friends, families—on the first night of Chanukah at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. We are all shaken, shocked, and devastated by the sheer evil inflicted upon innocent men, women, and children.Our hearts ache for the sacred souls taken from us, and for the shattered families left behind. We offer our deepest prayers for the wounded to experience a complete and speedy healing.Yet beyond the pain, an agonizing question confronts us. How could such darkness erupt on the Festival of Lights—at the very moment when we celebrate the triumph of light over darkness? At that moment, it seemed as though darkness had prevailed.We find ourselves at the threshold of a new year, a season when we seek meaning, love, and hope amid the many challenges of our lives. And now we are compelled to ask: How do we look directly into the face of such evil and not turn away? How do we emerge stronger, more resilient, and more deeply defined by our values than ever before?This is a challenge we face in every generation, but it becomes especially urgent in the wake of such senseless tragedy.I invite you to join me as we explore how to carry the light forward—how to cross into the new year with purpose, courage, and moral clarity, and how to discover a deeper, more enduring light even within the abyss of pain and loss. | — | ||||||
| 12/11/25 | ![]() Decoding the Psyche, Heart, Mind, and Soul Aligned | If you had an X-ray of your soul, what would it reveal?Today’s technology can map every contour of the body; X-rays, CAT scans, endless diagnostics that expose the inner mechanics of our biology. But when it comes to the psyche — to the soul, the seat of your identity and the engine of your entire life — where is that scan? The body is but the vehicle; the soul is the driver. So what does a healthy soul look like?Just as a physical X-ray shows strengths, weaknesses, and areas needing adjustment, imagine having the same clarity about your inner world. Without a picture and a blueprint how do we grow? How do we heal? How do we navigate pain, anxiety, or the challenges that life inevitably delivers?This is the central question of all emotional and spiritual work: Do our therapists, doctors, and coaches possess a true map of the human spirit or are we all stumbling in the dark, guided only by intuition and experience?Please join Rabbi Simon Jacobson as we explore a deeper truth: that there is a divine blueprint, an X-ray of the soul — a map that allows us to decode the psyche and realign heart, mind, and spirit. | — | ||||||
| 12/4/25 | ![]() Redefining Success. When the Physical Becomes a Channel for the Spiritual | Is who you are defined by what you do? Is your self-worth measured by your net worth? These questions strike at the very heartbeat of life — at what truly drives us.Are we physical beings who occasionally embark on a spiritual journey, or spiritual beings navigating a physical world?Much of our lives is consumed with survival; eating, sleeping, working, shopping, socializing. Yet what of our higher needs? Our dreams, our aspirations, the search for meaning, the purpose of our existence? It is all too easy to get lost in the means and forget the end.From our earliest years, society, education, and even our families train us to perform, to achieve, to excel but rarely to reflect on why. Why do we strive? Why do we labor? What is the purpose behind our efforts?Please join Rabbi Simon Jacobson for this vital conversation and together, we will explore how our everyday actions — our work, ambitions, and relationships — can be transformed into vessels of transcendence and higher purpose. We will uncover how to align the material and the spiritual, so that everything we do resonates with the eternal within us. This is a conversation about reclaiming meaning, living not merely for achievement or comfort, but for a life that reflects the deepest truths of our being, and awakening to the profound potential of every moment. | — | ||||||
| 11/27/25 | ![]() When Family Hurts. The Hidden Emotions Around the Family Table | How much do our family dynamics shape our lives?Today we recognize more than ever that from our earliest, most impressionable years, the attitudes and environment of our homes—whether positive or negative—leave a deep imprint on our psyches. Picture a warm ball of wax: every experience, every word, every gesture becomes etched into it as it cools and hardens, accompanying us into adulthood.Our childhood traumas…Our moments of beauty…The nurturing we received, and the nurturing we didn’t…The functionality—and the dysfunctionality—of our homes…All of these weave themselves into the fabric of our lives in profound ways.As we approach Thanksgiving—a time when many gather with family—it’s worth pausing to reflect. Family can be a source of immense warmth, connection, and joy. But it can also stir discomfort, tension, and old wounds.So let’s explore this together. Let’s dig deeper into what family really means, how these dynamics shape us, and what we can do to navigate them with greater awareness and healing.Please join Rabbi Simon Jacobson for this important conversation: When Family Hurts: The Hidden Emotions Around the Family Table. | — | ||||||
| 11/20/25 | ![]() Who Cares? Responsibility in an Age of Indifference | We’ve all witnessed it — those chilling moments when a crime unfolds in broad daylight and people simply walk by. A car slams into a bicyclist. The rider lays motionless on the pavement, and tens of passersby keep moving as if nothing happened. Another time, someone is being mugged in full public view — and no one lifts a finger.But what’s even more disturbing is the follow-up reaction. Some people don't even see this insensitivity as a problem. I once spoke about this in a public lecture, and a man raised his hand: “Why should I care? It’s a dog-eat-dog world. Survival of the fittest. I have my own problems. Most people wouldn’t help me — so why should I help them?”A painful question. Yet beneath it lies a truth we don’t want to face: injustice is happening around us constantly. Children are being bullied right now. People are being hurt, even killed — and countless others stand by, complicit in their silence, numb in their indifference.So why should we care?What responsibility do we bear for one another?And what does our reaction — or lack of reaction — reveal about the state of our souls and the condition of our society?Please join Rabbi Simon Jacobson for this urgent and deeply personal exploration. This conversation is not a critique; it is a wake-up call. A call to reawaken our conscience, to pierce the shell of apathy, to recognize the integral connection and responsibility we have for each other, and to rediscover the power each of us holds to bring light into a darkened world. | — | ||||||
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