Doing mitzvot with joy or with oy?
Couldn’t we all use some genuine happiness about now? This week’s parasha may be just the thing that can bring it. Do you encounter your Judaism as a “get to” or a “have to” experience? This week’s Torah reading, Ki Tavo, asks us to consider how we serve Hashem, with joy…or with oy,“…because you did not serve the Lord, your God, with happiness and with gladness of heart, when [you had an] abundance of everything…you will serve your enemies.” [Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D]
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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell