Now that the mourning days are behind us, our Avoda is simcha! Ask around your Shabbos table: What is a recipe for true simcha?
Menucha’s Answer: HaRav Shimshon D. Pinkus ztz”l writes in his sefer Nefesh Shimshon (Tefilla, chapter “Tefilla MiToch Simcha): “Anyone who believes in “Sh’ma Yisrael” and [thereby] knows that Hashem is our G-d, is immersed in constant joy.” In the same chapter Rav Shimshon writes: “...Because a person that believes that he has Abba in Shamayim that loves him and that He has the strength to help him in all endeavors, why should he be sad?” The message of HaRav Shimshon Pinkus ztz”l is that the secret to achieving real, constant happiness is simple: all you need is just to have true emunah in שְׁמַע יִשְׁרָאֵל ה' אֱלֹקינוּ ה' אֶחָד. Because by having emunah in “Sh’ma Yisrael” you know that the one who takes care of you is your Father in Shamayim.
Menucha
