Rabbi F. Shuster: “If You’re Happy ‘Cause You’re Jewish…”
How important is joy for Torah life? What if I am just not happy though I’m doing the mitzvot? What can we learn from the extreme sport called ice climbing? Rabbi Shuster relates to questions like these in this half hour shmuze. [sc_embed_player_template1 fileurl=”http://www.torahmedia.com/streamlinkdirect.php/47739/high/1109_169_H_If_You_re_Happy__Cause_You_re_Jewish.mp3″] Download external=”0″]
Joy in Marriage
Joy finds its heights in marriage, and joy, so important for all human interactions, is crucial in marriage. The following sources range from the halakhic to the mystical to the practical. The Blessing The blessing made at the wedding is a blessing over joy. The last blessing of the sheva brakhot blesses G-d “. . […]
Joy in Chassidus
The Powers of Joy The Chassidic world, from the outset, placed a high emphasis on simcha. This flows naturally from the whole thrust of the movement. The Baal Shern Tov decried excessive personally imposed suffering and fasting as a path to piety. Instead he emphasized love: “They asked the Baal Shem Tov: We know, and […]
Simcha: Joy in Judaism
We plan on relating to three aspects of this topic – Joy in Judaism (this unit); Joy in Chasidut Joy and Marriage; How to become joyous The first unit shows how central and indispensable joy is to normal healthy Jewish life and how high of a priority it is in character development. In the second […]
