Be Happy

The name of the Rebbe Rayatz (father-in-law of the Rebbe King Moshiach Shlita) is Yosef Yitzchok. Yitzchok is laughter. The Rebbe Rayatz is the eighth leader from the Baal Shem Tov. Eight is the numerical value of the word “Az”, which means “then”. In our time, the idea of the verse “’Az’ (then) our mouths will be filled with laughter” becomes not only in future tense (“Az-then”), rather in present tense!

Make happy gatherings, especially for weddings and the seven days of feasting for the wedding, including the Jewish custom to make a meal for the poor for weddings.

(See talk of the Lubavitcher Rebbe King Moshiach Shlita, Seitzei 5751 (1991))