Simchah
שמחהJoy in avodas Hashem — the simchah that opens the heart. The Sfas Emes on simchah.
89 essays
Noach
Vayeira
Chanukah
Vayigash
Shekalim
Zachor
Purim
- Reaching teshuvah through joy on PurimPurim · תרל"ו · Essay 1
- Purim rectifies naaseh through joyPurim · תרל"ט · Essay 1
- Planting joy of Purim within the soulPurim · תרמ"ו · Essay 2
- Purim mitzvos reveal the hidden light of the dayPurim · תרמ"ט · Essay 3
- Hidden light revealed through removing the orlahPurim · תרנ"ד · Essay 4
- Purim Restores Face-To-Face TorahPurim · תרנ"ו · Essay 2
- Amalek's downfall and the joy of PurimPurim · תרנ"ט · Essay 3
- Remembrance reawakens the Purim miraclePurim · תר"ס · Essay 2
Vayakhel
Vayikra
Tzav
Pesach
- Wisdom in Sacred SongPesach · תר"מ · Essay 12
- Divine Kingship and SongPesach · תרמ"ב · Essay 10
- Joy in Mitzvah PreparationPesach · תרמ"ג · Essay 4
- Shabbat as Divine GiftPesach · תרמ"ז · Essay 22
- Sorrow Turning to RedemptionPesach · תרנ"ה-תרנ"ו · Essay 12
- Shabbat and Festivals as Divine JoyPesach · תרנ"ה-תרנ"ו · Essay 23
- From Fear to AwePesach · תרנ"ח · Essay 7
- Sanctifying the First PortionPesach · תר"ס · Essay 4
- Shabbat and Festivals HarmonyPesach · תר"ס · Essay 5
- Body and Soul RedemptionPesach · תר"ס · Essay 8
- Joyful Torah and PrayerPesach · תרס"ג · Essay 4
- Sanctity of the FestivalsPesach · תרס"ד · Essay 4
Shmini
Tazria
Bamidbar
Shavuot
Naso
Shlach
Rosh Hashanah
Yom Kippur
Sukkot
- Joy as the vessel for drawing divine lightSukkot · תרל"ד · Essay 4
- Simchas Torah joy guards the yearSukkot · תרל"ד · Essay 10
- Torah as the eternal source of joySukkot · תרל"ה · Essay 7
- Joy of Sukkos endures even in galusSukkot · תרל"ו · Essay 5
- Rejoicing in Hashem, not the gardenSukkot · תרל"ז · Essay 2
- Refining the joy of SukkosSukkot · תרל"ז · Essay 4
- Receiving chesed from merit, not needSukkot · תרל"ז · Essay 5
- Joy awakened through the longing of galusSukkot · תרל"ז · Essay 12
- Accepting the yoke of Torah with joySukkot · תרל"ז · Essay 14
- Joy of Sukkos follows purification of the heartSukkot · תרל"ח · Essay 4
- Refined joy born of aweSukkot · תרל"ט · Essay 9
- The Sukkah's supernatural shade of emunahSukkot · תרמ"א · Essay 2
- Sukkos: Hashem grants renewed joy and desireSukkot · תרמ"א · Essay 4
- Simcha renews Torah and the yearSukkot · תרמ"א · Essay 7
- Joy as the source of Divine inspirationSukkot · תרמ"א · Essay 8
- Sukkos joy and the inner eighth daySukkot · תרמ"ב · Essay 3
- Sukkos as the joyous expanse after the Yamim NoraimSukkot · תרמ"ב · Essay 4
- Sukkah as Gan Eden and shared joySukkot · תרמ"ב · Essay 10
- Pure inner joy of the sukkahSukkot · תרמ"ב · Essay 11
- The hidden light revealed in the sukkahSukkot · תרמ"ב · Essay 12
- Joy born from genuine aweSukkot · תרמ"ב · Essay 13
- Bnei Yisrael as creation's purposeSukkot · תרמ"ד · Essay 4
- Simchas Bais HaShoeivah, source of all joySukkot · תרמ"ד · Essay 5
- Sukkos reveals Hashem's renewed choice in YisraelSukkot · תרמ"ד · Essay 7
- Earthly song surpasses the angelsSukkot · תרמ"ו · Essay 3
- Four Species and sukkah draw down supernal joySukkot · תרמ"ז · Essay 2
- Joy born out of aweSukkot · תרנ"א · Essay 5
- Sukkos as a foretaste of future joySukkot · תרנ"ז · Essay 2
- Three Joys of Sukkos and Israel's MissionSukkot · תרנ"ח · Essay 6
- The sukkah as Mikdash and gatherer of IsraelSukkot · תר"ס · Essay 1
- Joy born from the days of judgmentSukkot · תר"ס · Essay 2
- Joy from the soul's revelationSukkot · תר"ס · Essay 4
- Purified uprightness and the joy of SukkosSukkot · תרס"ב · Essay 2
- Bnei Yisrael as Vessels of the ShechinahSukkot · תרס"ב · Essay 4
- Joy of the Chag from the soul's lightSukkot · תרס"ד · Essay 3
- The four species subjugate the body to the soulSukkot · תרס"ה · Essay 3