Boast-worthy
Recently I’ve been having trouble sleeping at night (again). Obviously the late-night hours affects my productivity the next day, because...
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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
- Oct 21, 2018
- 3 min
Renewal, at its core
The holy Zohar characterizes Teshuva as “Throwing something back to the place where it was taken”. Just like if a thief wants to make...
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
- May 6, 2018
- 3 min
Maniac Moshiach move
In the story of the Burgher and the Pauper, Rebbe Nachman alludes to the series of obstacles the soul of Moshiach undertakes before our...
David Dombrowsky
- Apr 12, 2018
- 2 min
The saddest story
Every year on Yom Hashoah we remember the Nazi genocide of European Jewry during WWII. Much has been written about the holocaust and,...
David Dombrowsky
- Jan 8, 2018
- 2 min
You, and no one but you
It’s commonplace to question what our personal role is in this world? Of course we’re all here to serve Hashem and perform his mitzvos,...
David Dombrowsky
- Dec 11, 2017
- 3 min
The real truth
Rebbe Nachman tells a story about a prince and the son of a maid who were exchanged at birth. The maid’s son becomes king and finds out...
David Dombrowsky
- Oct 15, 2017
- 4 min
Speak to the rock
“Let me tell you what I saw and you can tell it to your children: A man was lying on the ground and people were sitting around him in a...
David Dombrowsky
- Oct 3, 2017
- 2 min
Going up?
I remember, shortly after we moved to Israel, commenting that it seems we need to play a different role in serving God here than outside...
David Dombrowsky
- Sep 3, 2017
- 2 min
Soul-shine
The holy Reb Aharon from Karlin was once eating an apple when one of his chassidim brashly asked him, “Rebbe, I don’t understand! You eat...
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