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'''Simcha''' (שמחה), or '''Happiness''' in Judaism is mostly noted as an important component of serving God (''avodat Hashem'') in Tanach,<ref>''Deuteronomy'', 28:45, 28:47.</ref><ref>''Psalms'', 100:2.</ref><ref>[http://www.ravkooktorah.org/PSALM100.htm "Psalm 100: Serving God in Joy."] ''RavKookTorah.org''. Accessed November 11, 2014.</ref><ref>Rabbi Avraham Isaac HaKohen Kook. ''Olat Re'iyah'', vol. I, pp. 221-222.</ref> Kabbalah,<ref>[http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=47204&st=&pgnum=12 ''Hasimcha B'aspeklarya Hayahadus''.] Dvar Yerushalayim. Beit Shemesh: Jerusalem. 1989. Page 12.</ref><ref>''Sefer Chareidim'', "Mitzvat Hateshuvah", ch. 4.</ref> Chassidus<ref name=happyyankel>Yanklowitz, Shmuly. [http://www.jewishjournal.com/bloggish/item/judaisms_value_of_happiness_living_with_gratitude_and_idealism_20120309 "Judaism's value of happiness living with gratitude and idealism."] Bloggish. ''The Jewish Journal''. March 9, 2012.</ref><ref>Rabbi Yisroel Baal Shem Tov, ''Keter Shem Tov'', Hosafot, Chapter 169.</ref><ref>Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, ''Likkutei Maharan'', Part 2:24.</ref><ref>Freeman, Tzvi. [http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1303177/jewish/Just-Happy.htm "Just Happy."] ''Bringing Heaven Down To Earth''. Class One Press. Accessed November 11, 2014.</ref><ref name=tanya26>[http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/475953/jewish/On-Sadness-and-Joy.htm "Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi on Sadness and Joy."] Joy: An Anthology. ''Chabad.org''. Accessed November 11, 2014.</ref> and Mussar.<ref>Rabbi Yisroel Salanter. [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pagefeed/hebrewbooks_org_31377_29.pdf ''Sefer Imrei Binah, Kevutzas Maamarim.''] Warsaw. 1878. Page 29.</ref> In Halacha, Simcha is recognized as both an essential component to the practice of all the mitzvot,<ref>''Yad Hachazakah'', Hilchot Lulav 8:15.</ref><ref name=epis44>Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov. [http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/145465/jewish/Tzavaat-Harivash-44.htm "Epistle 44."] ''Tzava'at Harivash''. Trans. Jacob Immanuel Shochet. Kehot Publication Society. Brooklyn: New York. Fn 3.</ref> as well as required in specific Halachik contexts. | |||
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==Simcha in Halacha== | |||
According to the Rambam, "The joy that a person takes in performing a mitzvah and in loving God Who commanded it is itself a great [divine] service."<ref>Maimonides, Mishneh Torah, Laws of the Lulav 8:15.</ref> | |||
===Simchas Yom Tov=== | ===Simchas Yom Tov=== | ||
''Main article: [[Simchat Yom Tov]]''<br /> | ''Main article: [[Simchat Yom Tov]]''<br /> | ||
Simcha during the Jewish holidays (''Yomim Tovim'') is considered a biblical commandment (''mitzvah d'oraisa''). According to the Rambam this mitzvah may be fulfilled by drinking wine and eating meat.<ref>Cohen, Alfred S. [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=BnFaZE-Q1JMC&pg=PA295 "Vegetarianism from a Jewish Perspective." ''Halacha and Contemporary Society'']. KTAV Publishing House. 1984. Page 295-297.</ref> | Simcha during the Jewish holidays (''Yomim Tovim'') is considered a biblical commandment (''mitzvah d'oraisa''). According to the Rambam this mitzvah may be fulfilled by drinking wine and eating meat.<ref>Cohen, Alfred S. [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=BnFaZE-Q1JMC&pg=PA295 "Vegetarianism from a Jewish Perspective." ''Halacha and Contemporary Society'']. KTAV Publishing House. 1984. Page 295-297.</ref> By contrast, there is no mitzvah of simcha on Shabbos, only "''oneg''" ("pleasure").<ref>Tosfot Moed Katan 23 s.v. Maan De'amar</ref> | ||
===Simcha during Tefilla=== | ===Simcha during Tefilla=== | ||
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