Because you did not serve G‑d your G‑d with joy and gladness over the abundance of everything. (Deuteronomy 28:47)
Imagine you were just bequeathed a treasury containing most of the world’s wealth.
Imagine the thrill coursing through your veins, the celebration you would throw.
That is the joy of a single mitzvah.
—Rabbi Isaac Luria, the Ari.
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