Yosef seems to exonerate the brothers – he is saying it is all due to…
Podcast: 9AM Schmooze, 5780-5781
Chanukah: Hallel and/vs. Hoda’ah
Hoda’ah – acknowledge that even the darkness of galus Yavan itself was l’tova. The avodah…
Hischadshus. Torah as a Source Thereof.
Hischadhus, renewal, is very important. Yomim tovim bring spiritual hischadshus, and on the natural level…
Doing Teshuva B’Simcha
Teshuva has to be done b’simcha as well. How do the merirus haLev that is…
Avodas Hashem: True Source of Simcha
Physical things (money, health) are not me, they can be lost overnight, and are not…
Torah Reflects HKBH Even More than Nature Does
Pikudei Hashem mesamchei lev – Ibn Ezra: because the Torah positions you for olam Habbah,…
Simcha Generated By Reflection on Mitzvos
Kuzari 2:50 – Real simcha is preceded by thought / reflection. Thought / reflection on…
Simcha – a Fixture in a Life of Avodas Hashem
Devarim 26:11 – “v’somachta b’chol hatov” – Ohr Hachaim Hakadosh – be happy with that…
The Need for, and Mitzva of, Simcha
Sefer Hachinuch, Mitzvah 488: Shorshei haMitzvos: we need to rejoice at times, just like we…
Simcha in Mitzvos and Learning
See Rambam, Hilchos Lulav, 8:14-15. The natural reaction to being involved in mitzvos is simcha.…