Is the Omer Period HAPPY or SAD?

s om as we practice it today embodies two very different types of Commandments with very different emotional moods at its basic level it is a preparation to receive the Torah and it's the linkage between the holiday of freedom and the holiday of Torah reminding ourselves every single day that we're getting closer and closer to Matan Tor now if we were to ask ourselves what would be the dominant emotion at that particular time the answer would very obviously be Joy there is nothing inherent to Sasa om that would cause any type of sadness we are looking forward to the great revelation of God at Mount Si the Torah that gave us direction that gave us guidance that gave us a purpose for our lives because just to be free without a purpose without a goal without a connection to God can be very destructive so the Instinct that s is a sad time is actually not true this is supposed to be a joyous time