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Finding the space
Sometimes the stress of life, specifically in hard times, can become so intolerable that it feels like our whole world is crumbling...
David Dombrowsky
Dec 14, 20192 min read
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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
Aug 7, 20192 min read
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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
Jun 30, 20192 min read
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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
Apr 14, 20192 min read
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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
Nov 6, 20183 min read
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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, 20183 min read
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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
Aug 22, 20182 min read
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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
May 31, 20183 min read
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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
Feb 19, 20182 min read
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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
Jan 25, 20183 min read
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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 15, 20173 min read
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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
Nov 8, 20172 min read
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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
Oct 29, 20172 min read
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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 13, 20172 min read
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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
Aug 7, 20172 min read
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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 25, 20172 min read
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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...
David Dombrowsky
Jun 19, 20172 min read
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