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Meaning is to people as water is to fish: In both cases, the latter cannot live without the former. Viktor Frankl, a survivor of the Holocaust, founded the idea of logotherapy, the school of thought that says the central force motivating human beings is the search for a life purpose. In his acclaimed book, “Man’s Search for Meaning,” he demonstrates this theory through his expertise in the field, as well as his personal ability to survive the terrors of the Holocaust. This idea, that all people harness a natural longing for a larger meaning in their lives, was not first mentioned by Frankl. In fact, Moshe Rabbeinu discusses it in Parshat Vaetchanan.