The Deep Power of Joy (Re'eh, Covenant & Conversation)
The Office of Rabbi Sacks
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The Power of Joy
The covenant is about Simcha the transformation of the human condition through what words worth called the deep power of joy happiness in Greek you diamond here is what Aristotle said is the ultimate purpose of human existence we desire he said many things but usually as a means to something else only one thing is always desirable in itself and never for the sake of something else namely happiness. The biblical word for happiness ashray is the first word of the book of Psalms and a key word of our daily prayers. A failure to rejoice is the first sign of decadence and decay there are other differences happiness is about a lifetime but joy lives in the moment Happiness makes you want to dance and sing it's hard to feel
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