A great mitzvah to be always happy

Mishenichnas Adar Marbim B'Simcha - In honor of the month of Adar

"Just as a person enters the month of Av with little joy, so when Adar enters, he merries with joy" says the gemara in Tractate Ta'anit. This year, they received a double dose of opportunity to understand what true joy is and to be strong within us in the form of Adar 1 and Adar II, and therefore I found it necessary to deviate from the regular weekly parsha for a moment and to discuss this important and joyous topic. Do I believe that it is possible to truly rejoice and maintain that joy over time? Is this dream possible? In my humble opinion - clearly yes !! In the Torah, the Holy One, blessed be He, does not demand anything from us that we can not fulfill, and therefore this special return and emphasis on the attribute of joy in several places in the Torah Together with the words of Chazal Indicate that this is a challenge that we certainly can.

If there is something that all people share without exception is willingly a little satisfaction and an aspiration for happiness and peace. And yet, why is it so hard for us? Why are most of us in a kind of heaviness and weariness, even if they can not be officially called "sadness" and "depression," have nothing to do with the inner mood of lightness, cheerfulness and vitality that we so desperately seek and seek for ourselves? About the joyous robbers who keep us away from us, about the ways to get away and rejoice in the truth, and the special power of the months of Adar I and Adar II to reach that desired joy.

 "Bless the name with joy, let it be in heaven," King David tells us in the Book of Psalms. "And rejoicing in all the goodness which the name of your God gave you" is written in Deuteronomy. "It is a great mitzvah to be always happy," emphasizes Rabbi Nachman of Breslav. The world of Jewish books is filled with the references and recommendations of our forefathers and rabbis throughout the generations to be happy, emphasizing its importance and importance to our lives. Indeed, there is nothing we want more in this world than to rejoice! If you have something that all people share without exception, it is with a little pleasure and a desire for happiness and peace, but why is it so difficult for us? And even if they can not be officially called "sadness" and "depression," there is nothing to do with the inner mood of lightness, cheerfulness and vitality that we so desperately seek and seek for ourselves?

Being happy is something you can practice and it has nothing to do with external life circumstances or innate traits, as we are tempted to think. All our troubles are rooted in sadness, and by virtue of the fact that we do not walk and behave joyfully and do not fulfill the unique role God gave us with a smile, or as Moshe Rabbeinu put it: "Under which you did not serve the Lord your Gd with joy and kindness"

Certainly I have to tell you "Never forget to smile because the day you stop doing it will be a lost day"

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Rabbi Abraham Bachar