Simcha is an overused but less understood concept. It expresses feelings of “joy”, sentiments of “great pleasure”, of “happiness”, or even “elation”. Highlighting how central this emotion is to the fabric of Jewish life are the Torah’s terrifying comments concerning the curses delineated in the admonition. Persecution and suffering of the Jewish people is attributed […]
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