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Turning Curses to Blessing - Joy - Ki Tabo
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חַת אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹא־עָבַ֙דְתָּ֙ אֶת־יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ בְּשִׂמְחָ֖ה וּבְט֣וּב לֵבָ֑ב מֵרֹ֖ב כֹּֽל׃
Because you would not serve your God יהוה in joy and gladness over the abundance of everything, https://www.sefaria.org/Deuteronomy.28.47
עִבְד֣וּ אֶת־יְהֹוָ֣ה בְּשִׂמְחָ֑ה בֹּ֥אוּ לְ֝פָנָ֗יו בִּרְנָנָֽה׃
worship
the LORD in gladness;come into His presence with shouts of joy.
https://www.sefaria.org/Psalms.100.2
Rabbeynu
Bachya: The Torah accuses people who do serve G’d not to have done so joyfully.
A person is obligated not merely to carry out G’d’s instructions but to do so
gladly, in a happy frame of mind. Joy when performing any of G’d’s commandments
is considered as fulfillment of a commandment by itself, meriting additional
reward.
This
is why one may be punished for failing to perform the commandments with a
joyful heart. This is why the Torah requires that its commandments be performed
with full intent and joyfully.
Our
sages in Midrash Ruth Rabbah 5,6