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Sometimes the stress of life, specifically in hard times, can become so intolerable that it feels like our whole world is crumbling...
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David Dombrowsky
- Aug 7, 2019
- 2 min
The smiling skies
“You should know, [Hashem’s] presence fills the entire earth and there is no place that is empty of Him…Even if someone does business...
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
- Apr 14, 2019
- 2 min
You can’t understand what I’m going through!
The loneliness of pain and suffering can be unbearable. It’s all but frustrating to try and relate the pain, yet so so hard to bear it...
David Dombrowsky
- Nov 6, 2018
- 3 min
Stay here!
It was about 10 months since Reb Nosson met the Rebbe. He was on fire in his avodah, spending practically every minute of his time...
David Dombrowsky
- Aug 22, 2018
- 3 min
Flying with the tzaddik
Rebbe Nachman had a vision after lighting the first candle of Chanukah, December 21st, 1808. A guest entered the house of a homeowner and...
David Dombrowsky
- Aug 22, 2018
- 2 min
The joy of longing
Is there an end in sight to all of our struggling? In Torah 72, Rebbe Nachman teaches thought even a complete victory over the physical...
David Dombrowsky
- May 31, 2018
- 3 min
Manning up
At least twice in my life I got super-inspired spiritually and strengthened my Avodas Hashem with intense focus. The first time was in my...
David Dombrowsky
- Feb 19, 2018
- 2 min
One of those days
It’s one of those days. The מוחין דקטנות, small mindedness, is so strong. I couldn’t bring myself to go to shul after carpool, so I went...
David Dombrowsky
- Jan 25, 2018
- 3 min
Don’t be fooled
“Rabbi Yehoshua Ben Chananya said: In my entire life I was only outsmarted by a woman, a young boy and a young girl. [The Talmud tells...
David Dombrowsky
- Nov 15, 2017
- 3 min
Holy chutzpah
I. “The Entire redemption of Israel as a people, and the redemption of each one of us as individuals, depends solely on the attribute of...
David Dombrowsky
- Nov 8, 2017
- 2 min
Primary praise
Three times a day we religious Jews thank Hashem towards the end of the silent prayer in our liturgy. What are we thanking Him for?...
David Dombrowsky
- Oct 29, 2017
- 2 min
Up up and…up some more
The Talmud describes the events at Mt. Sinai. “When the Jews said they would perform the mitzvos even before they heard what the mitzvos...
David Dombrowsky
- Aug 13, 2017
- 2 min
Appreciating the journey
What is it about elimination games that makes sports so compelling? When I’ve watched the final game’s closing minutes in sports that I...
David Dombrowsky
- Aug 7, 2017
- 2 min
New perspectives
Many of us remember the infamous summer day in 2014 when three Israeli teenage boys were kidnapped and murdered in Gush Etzion while...
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
- Jun 19, 2017
- 2 min
Hold on
Reb Nosson writes (‘הלכות מנחה ז’ אות ח) that every Jew, without exception, wants to come back to Hashem. At some point in our lives we...