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Doing Mitzvahs with a gshmack

Written by Daniel King

This was told to me by a very nice guy who wanted to inspire enthusiasm when doing mitzvas. 2 elderly talmidai chachamim make a pact that the first one to be nifta should come back in a dream and let the other one know about the next world One of them eventually is nifta and sure enough comes back to the other one in a dream. “Well” said the 1st man, “did you make it to gan Eden”? “Yes”, replies his friend, “I passed straight through the trial and they had no problems with me”. Well, did u make olam haba? Yes I got in So why do u not seem so ectatic?

They told me I didn’t do the mitzvas with a Gshmack (enjoyment). mitzvas like bentching shouldn’t just be done cos they have to. But should be done with a real sense of enjoyment and enthusiasm.

We should all merit to do mitzvas b’simcha (which is made easier with sites like this, where people can share Torah thoughts)

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