Shabbat Terumah: Just a Bit

וְהַכְּלָל, כִּי אָסוּר לְיָאֵשׁ The rule is: it is forbidden to despair - Likkutei Mohoran II.78.7.1 We are in the month of Adar, the month of which our tradition says משנכנס אדר מרבים שמחה - "when the month of Adar enters, joy increases" (Ta'anit 29a.18) Note here that, despite what we often say, the obligation here is not to be joyful, but to increase joy.

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