Nissan Dovid Dubov

Climbing Higher Until now, we have discussed the soul’s role in influencing and elevating the world and nefesh habahamis. Creating the Dirah BeTachtonim is a personal mandate that shapes an individual’s life direction and focus. This realization creates t...

Inviting G-d Into Daily Life After the Giving of the Torah at Sinai, G-d commanded Moshe to tell the Jewish People: “Make for Me a sanctuary, and I will dwell within them.”Shemos 25:8. On a basic level, this wording requires explanation. One would expect ...

Give It Your Best A fundamental principle of avodah is that one must serve G-d in a manner that is consistent with their unique character and innate qualities.Avodah must be proportionate to one’s soul-powers. The soul contains various soul-powers: Emunah...

Doing Our Part Every soul has a specific “portion of the world” that is theirs to rectify and refine. Each person is born into this world at a very specific time and place, where it is their responsibility to elevate that environment and permeate it with ...

A Most Relevant Message For the individual, the discussion of purpose and the ideal of Dirah BeTachtonim is immensely personal. Being integral to understanding one’s personal life mission, Dirah BeTachtonim is in no way some abstract philosophical idea. W...

Coded Depth To best summarize the wealth of ideas found in this chapter, let us refer to the actual words of the Midrash which detail the Purpose. Within the few words, our Sages hinted at all of the depth and detail discussed above. By taking a closer lo...

The True Realization of Achdus Hashem The transformation of our world into a bastion of G-dliness is an ultimate expression of Achdus Hashem.See above, Chapter Seven, pp. 175ff., for an extensive presentation of the chassidic approach to Divine Oneness. A...

Bold Revelation All in all, the realization of the true purpose of existence involves a whole lot of G-dly revelation within this world. Our world is meant to be the home of the Divine Essence, and He is to be manifest in all His glory. In the words of th...

Study vs. Deeds The study of Torah and the performance of mitzvos are both indispensable elements of observance. It naturally follows that they are the “equipment” which we are given to construct a home for G-d here in this world. Interestingly, the Talmu...

Made from Within Now that we have established what the Purpose is, let us discuss what its implementation entails. Building a dwelling for G-d in this lowly world does not mean that the world is meant to be completely revamped, becoming heavenly and angel...