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Today I went to the beach and I saw a sailboat. It reminded me of times in my childhood when my family used to go to a little inn on a...
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David Dombrowsky
- May 7, 2020
- 3 min
Boast-worthy
Recently I’ve been having trouble sleeping at night (again). Obviously the late-night hours affects my productivity the next day, because...
David Dombrowsky
- Mar 3, 2020
- 3 min
Purim – it’s OUR time to shine
Using the poetic license of Reb Nosson, we can see Esther as an aspect of the Jewish people, Mordechai as the generation’s tzaddik emes...
David Dombrowsky
- Feb 20, 2020
- 2 min
Life sucks
Did I get your attention? That was my intention. “THE REBBE DECLARED: LOOK! EVERYONE SAYS THERE IS ‘THIS WORLD’ AND ‘THE WORLD TO COME’....
David Dombrowsky
- Jan 25, 2020
- 3 min
Accessing more
Rosh Hashana 2018 fell out on a Sunday night. I left to Uman on Thursday night and had the most uplifting last shabbos of the year there....
David Dombrowsky
- Dec 24, 2019
- 3 min
Feeling small on Chanuka
Do you find it hard to stay lit on Chanuka? The more people I talk to, the more I hear how difficult it is to stay positive on Chanuka....
David Dombrowsky
- Dec 22, 2019
- 3 min
Goody goody
“…And this is the aspect of Yosef Hatzaddik (Joseph), of whom it says, ‘איש אשר רוח אלקים בו’ (‘A man who possesses the spirit of God...
David Dombrowsky
- Oct 6, 2019
- 2 min
Processing Uman Rosh Hashana 2019
Shlomo Katz once said over that years back at a certain musical event Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach and Bob Dylan were participants of a...
David Dombrowsky
- Jun 30, 2019
- 2 min
Always more
Korach had completely neutralized his bodily desires. As one of the Levites that carried the holy ark, he was on such a spiritual level...
David Dombrowsky
- Jan 9, 2019
- 2 min
Only you
The Talmud (Taanis 21b) tells of a certain surgeon named Abba, who was on such a lofty spiritual level that he received daily greetings...
David Dombrowsky
- Dec 20, 2018
- 2 min
Self reflection
Jacob is surrounded by his 12 sons and is about to die. He attempts to reveal to them the exact time of the final redemption and is...
David Dombrowsky
- Nov 24, 2018
- 3 min
Why I love you
Reish Lakish says (Bereishis Rabba 80:7) that Hashem expressed his love of the Jews using three expressions: בדביקה, בחשיקה, ובחפיצה....
David Dombrowsky
- Aug 23, 2018
- 2 min
Bigger than you know
I look so small against those tall trees, don’t I? Let me paraphrase a lesson from Reb Nosson (Pikadon 5:7) “If a person would believe...
David Dombrowsky
- Jan 3, 2018
- 2 min
Self encouragement
“Greatness isn’t about accomplishing more, but about fully appreciating what you already accomplish.” – Davy Dombrowsky It’s hard to be...
David Dombrowsky
- Dec 8, 2017
- 3 min
You don’t get me
Nobody likes to be judged, yet we commonly pass judgement on others. Why do we feel that we’re being unfairly judged? Because it’s...
David Dombrowsky
- Nov 7, 2017
- 2 min
נ נח נחמ נחמן מאומן
Today is the yahrtzeit of Rabbi Yisrael Dov Ber Odesser z”l, known as Sabba Yisrael. He was the leader of the Na Nach movement who died...
David Dombrowsky
- Sep 25, 2017
- 2 min
Why I’ll be back in Uman for Rosh Hashana 2018
Yup! I just arrived back in the Holy Land a few hours ago and the first thing I did after davening was book my ticket for Uman Rosh...
David Dombrowsky
- Aug 16, 2017
- 2 min
You smell that?
The biggest turnoff is when someone reprimands us poorly. We’re mostly fine with admitting that we were wrong but ‘who are they to tell...
David Dombrowsky
- Jul 25, 2017
- 2 min
Barely Moving
Rebbe Nachman tells a story of a certain tzaddik who became so depressed that he couldn’t get out of bed. He tried whatever possible to...
David Dombrowsky
- Jul 24, 2017
- 2 min
The Beauty of Israel
What is it about the Holy Temple that was so great? What are we missing and why are we mourning over something that’s been gone for so...