Since we are still in RoshChodesh Adar, the happiest month of the year, let’s walk into the concept of Happines/Simcha.
The website hidabroot.org is amazing. Is it packed with thousands of hours of video including Rabbis giving Derashot (Divrei Torah). I want to share with you the concept of Simcha that needs to be injected into
our hearts and pump throughout our body and mood throughout this entire month.
It says in the holy Gemara (Ta’anit 29a), just like one needs to be sad with
the arrival of Chodesh Av, so too one needs to engage in Simcha with the
arrival of Chodesh Adar.
The Rav in the video, Rav Dudi Braverman, explains that
Simcha/Happiness is not something we perceive, rather its something so deep yet
so simple.
This is his key line: Simcha
is not what someone has in his hands that is considered his property, simcha is
actually something that Hashem put in the person. Being Happy is being thankful
for the strengths Hashem gave us.
What does this mean? If I am an outgoing person, I should
work in areas of bringing others closer to Hashem. If I am creative, I should
work in writing creative poetry or short stories to show the beauty behind the
everlasting knowledge of the Torah. If I am overly happy all the time (G-d
forbid), I should channel this happiness to people who are sad, who are down,
who are upset. If I tend to forget things quickly, I should channel this on my
sins so I can work on myself instead of being depressed on what I did.
Adar is a time of happiness because of the events that occurred
in the times of Mordechai and Esther. What good things are there in our daily
lives that represent a type of salvation? 2500 years ago in Shushan (present
day Iran) it was the ENTIRE JEWISH RACE continued existence. Today is it the
fact that we can open our eyes in the morning and after our brain’s state of
sleep we are functioning regularly?
Is it the fact that we put on Tefillin and
we experience the same sensations like an acupuncture appointment? Is it the
fact that we can walk down the streets in the Galut (diaspora) with a Kippa on
and not get hurt? Is it the fact that we are commanded to enjoy 25 hours of
serenity and pure holiness every week by eating, drinking and bonding with the
family and the community? OR IS IT THE FACT THAT WE CAN HOP ON A PLANE AND IN
LESS THAN 13 HOURS DRIVE TO YERUSHALAYIM?!
Judaism=Think.
SHABBAT SHALOM &
CHODESH TOV!
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