KEY TO TRUE SIMCHA הרב שבתאי סבתו-סוד השמחה

Video Below (Hebrew)
Here is Summary of profound and wise talk.

This talk was given in honor of Oded Hamdi, a yeshiva student that was killed in a fire while saving his friends.
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Various levels of simcha


Most basic is happy from good things, good news, etc.  Question is what happens to simcha after the news, after the party?  What about the worries we have?  Will this good thing continue?

Kohelet:  Simcha with mitzva or simcha without mitzva.  One continues and one doesn't.  Simcha with mitzva, it doesn't matter what happens.  Nothing can take this good away from you.  This is a mitzva without self.  We do lishma.  Without mitzva is always for self, and so filled with worry.
When doing lishma or for others it is act of chesed. Doesn't matter what happens to me.

Ohr zaru l tzadik yishrai simcha taanit

Tzaddik has conflict
yosher doesn't

simcha is deep from place of soul
concept of helek of eloka lmala

yosher knows the nekuda pnimit of himself, that is why no conflict, that is source of joy

sameach bchelko, what is his not what is of others
eved has no sense of self, everything for adon, always thinking about other, no sense of self, no simcha
sod of pesach, not mentions simcha, it is movement to freedom, condition for simcha
bikorim, what we receive we can rejoice in giving, he now has a helek
moed katan simcha gar betoko
but what is helko?  everything from hashem.  only his ratzon, his freedom...hashem doesn't interfere
when he reveals his true will, then a man is happy
nevua comes only with simcha
navi is shliach
people need to realize what they are shliach for, why they are here, this is the true simcha

tzaddik to yashar to true connection to self and purpose and therefore b'simcha