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dvarim           Father will judge us compassionately, while our joy is tempered with

                                                                                                                  solemnity as we are being judged.

                                                                                                                  Moshe Rabbeinu warns the nation that curses will come upon them
                                                                                                                  “                                              – Because you did
                                                                                                                  not serve Hashem with joy…” The word used here is       (Because).
                                                                                                                  This word can also mean “under.” When a person is not in a state of
                                                                                                                  joy, he moves away from the lofty levels of Torah and yirah and
                                                                                                                  regresses to the lowest level possible. The letters of the next word,
                                                                                                                      , can be transposed to spell   (head). Joy is the drive that puts
                                                                                                                  people at the top.














                                                                                                                  “Moshe summoned all of Yisrael and said to
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                                                                                                                  them: You have seen everything that Hashem
                                                                                                                  did before your eyes in the land of Egypt, to
                                                                                                                  Pharaoh and to all his servants and to all his
                                                                                                                  land – the great trials that your eyes beheld,
                                                                                                                  those great signs and wonders. But Hashem did
                                                                                                                  not give you a heart to know, or eyes to see, or

                                                                                                                  ears to hear until this day”
                                                                                                                                                              (Devarim 29:1-3)






















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