C'mon Get Happy - On Authenticity and Joy in Adar

12/02/2021 48 min

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Episode Synopsis

"When the month of Adar begins, we increase our joy." It's a famous idea! We get ready for Purim, the most joyous day of the Jewish year, by steadily increasing our baseline happiness.
However, unlike with Av, in which we are told in detail how to *decrease* our joy, we are given no such instructions when it comes to joy's increase at Adar's inception.
So, where does that leave us?

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