PARSHAS BeHALOISECHO : REJOICING WITH SHABBOS

On Shabbos Kodesh, these are mitzvah of Oneg Oneg Shabbos, Kavod Shabbos. In this week's parsha, parshas Balak, it's called Baloischa. On the words Uviyom Simchaschem says the Sifri it's referring to Shabbos. By the Chatzos the Yerushalmi legabei Purim shechalyois be Shabbos that the Seudah gets pushed off to after Shabbos because not to mix the Simcha of Purim with the Simcha of Shabbos. It's two different Simchas. We see from the Sifri Biyom Simchaschem, a day of Simcha, and it's referring to Shabbos. Is there a din Simcha on Shabbos? So the emes is it's a big shaila. It's a big shaila, a big discussion if there's a din Simcha on Shabbos, the haynu is there a din basar v'yayin on Shabbos? Interesting. It could even be a machlokes of the Tosfos. Tosfos in Moed Katan Shabbos me lo iksev Simcha. There's no din Simcha on Shabbos. V'idoch, Tosfos in Kesubos says marbin l'chayav haShabbos b'Simcha. It's a shaila. It's a discussion. It's a shiur for itself if there's a din Simcha be Shabbos. But the Sifri says Biyom Simchaschem is referring to Shabbos. It's mevorer in the Svorim in many places that there's a din simcha on Shabbos, a ruchnius digger simcha. And that's something that we get from the Ribono shel Olam. Different than Yom Tov that is a din simcha that we do ulos the basar v'yayin. Shabbos, we get simcha b'dei Shamayim. The Yerushalmi over there when he says why the seudas Purim is not on Shabbos, he says that the seudas Purim is a simcha b'dei Adam. Masha in game Shabbos is a simcha b'dei Shamayim. B'ofen that is a special simcha on Shabbos, a ruchnius digger simcha. A simchas hanefesh. Like the Netziv says on his pirush over the end of the three, it's a simchas hanefesh. It's a ruchnius digger simcha. The Malbim when explaining the difference between sosoin and simcha, what's the difference? So he says, sosoin is an external simcha. You put on nice clothing, it makes you feel happy. You eat basar v'yayin, that makes you happy. Simcha is internally. It's a simchas hanefesh. Shabbos is a time to be happy b'simchas hanefesh. The Medrish says more than the Medrish in parshas Bereishis, the Medrish says b'shvi on Shabbos Kodesh Yosha Yosha v'Kodesh Boruch al kisei simcha. A big arichus in the Medrish and went through uh to evy saar b'simcha gedola. Obviously, that's a ruchnius digger simcha. Then it says "Vahayu merakedin besimcha lifnei Adam Harishon al demarishon helloisa Hakadosh Baruch Hu leshmei maroymim." The Eibishter took up Adam Harishon leshmei maroymim lossois velismoyach besimchas Shel Shabbos. Shabbos is a time for simcha. We say in davening "Yismichu vemalchuscha." To be happy. Vemalchuscha demalchus of the Ribono Shel Olam. In zemiros menucha vesimcha. Simcha on Shabbos. Good. This is a ruchniyestiga simcha. How do you tap into that? How do you connect to that? It's very easy to say this is a ruchniyestiga simcha, but what what is it lema'aseh? Where is the avodas Hashem of simcha beshabbos, this ruchniyestiga simcha that we get on Shabbos? Every mitzvah you're supposed to do besimcha. And we see the tochacha comes tachas asher lo avadeta Hashem Elokecha besimcha. I would like to share with you a few lines in the Orchos Tzaddikim in Shaar Simcha. And he says like this, "Gam tzorech lismoyach beshabosos viyamim tovim." And then he says like this, "Ela yosaim what How do you Where is it lema'aseh the simcha? Yom Tov we understand. Yom Tov is a practical simcha, basar, yayin." For the ladies, nice clothing. For the children, you buy them nachas. Shabbos if it's a ruchniyestiga simcha, how do you tap into that? Says the Orchos Tzaddikim "Al haSimcha al avas Hashem Yisborach." The simcha is on the avas Hashem and to connect to Ribono shel Olam Yismach v'Yagil b'simchas haKol. Gam yiska v'yagil b'ma'ein Olam Haba. In other words, in these words, that Shabbos these are ruchniyus'dige simcha and to connect to it is by tapping into the avodas Hashem. We have it every day. Shabbos is easier cuz Shabbos we don't work. A person when he's davening, he could get into the davening. That's the ruchniyus'dige simcha. A person could get into his learning. That's the ruchniyus'dige simcha. Then it's written over there when he says it's a simchas hanefesh, simchas malchus Shamayim. A person Shabbos could connect with ruchniyus and that's the simcha. Could be that's the pshat in the story. I think it's fair to say the famous story with the two people came to Rav Moshe Feinstein. Both brought up their children the same. They were close. They did the same chinuch. And one his kids grew up to be shomrei Torah u'mitzvos and one unfortunately they did not. They went to Rav Moshe and he explained it was at the time of the gevaldige nisayon of shmira Shabbos. The one that his children stayed from is because when he came Friday night to make kiddush, he said, "Ah, gishmack to be a Yid." Even though he just came now and he got the pink slip and he lost his job, gishmack to be a Yid. The simcha ruchniyus. He wasn't sure what's going to be next week if he's going to have a job to support his family, to put bread on the table. But he was besimcha, besimcha, and the name of his kids saw the follow, they wanted that simcha as well also. What simcha was it? It wasn't so clear what the next week was going to look like. The teretz is that simcha ruchniyus shel Shabbos. We all could, and that's the avoida, to tap into that simcha through davening better, through learning better, kabbalas ol malchus shamayim. Have a wonderful Shabbos.