Don't Push the Sadness Aside — Chase It Into the Circle-LM 23 TINYANA SC 2

Kollel Toras Chaim All Shiurim · Aug 24, 2026 · 1h

Everyone knows you're supposed to be b'simcha. Almost nobody is told what to do with the sadness that's still standing there.Rebbe Nachman opens Torah 23 Tinyana with a mashal: a circle of Yidden dancing, and one person standing outside, and the ones inside grab him and drag him in against his will until he's dancing with them. And then he tells us the circle is inside you. When you feel simcha, the marah shechora steps aside on its own — it can't coexist with joy. But that's the small thing. The Rebbe wants more: chase it. Run after the sadness, snatch it, force it into the simcha — until…