[The Rebbe coming out of his room encouraging the singing and Simcha. (story below)]
One of the big Yetzer hara's of our generation is the feeling of despair--"I've done so much wrong. It's not possible for me to do Teshuva." Teshuva is always possible! Any voice, on the inside or the outside who tells you otherwise is working for the Other Side!
The Yetzer Hara also tells us that we did not do a real Tshuva.
The biggest problem is that we (know and) believe that we are weak.
The Yetzer comes to us and says : "If you worked hard this might have been Tshuva . but you know that you are not serious!".
The Tanya dismisses this kind of thinking and tells us that if a person believes (Emunna and Bitachon) that his Teshuva is real Hashem accepts his Tshuva.
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I heard a story about a poor man that dressed up with a nice suite and went to the bank to ask for a big loan. The man was very assertive and acted like someone that has a lot of money.well, he got the loan off course .
Many people know this "trick" - that in this world its all up to your state of mind.
Here we learn something new.
We learn that also in the spiritual world the state of mind is what counts.
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Back to the Shiur.
The Rav spoke about Simcha (Happiness , joy) a Jew should do all his Avoda and live his life with Simcha.
Simcha is not only for "bonus points", its essential for the Avoda and Mitzvot to an extent that it hard to come through without it.
Our Tanya today speaks of a hybrid state : Simcha and Yiraa . To many of us this seems an impossible state of mind.
The Rav told us a fabulous story on the Rebbi:
About 40 years ago there was a tragedy in the Chabad community in Israel . The 90 year old beloved Rabbi of Kfar Chabad died in a terrible car accident.
The Rabbi was on his way to be Mesader Kidushin (to arrange a Wedding) at a wedding in Jerusalem. His son in law and a granddaughter that was just before getting married where killed too in the accident.
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After holding a Farbrengen the Rebbe had a Minhag (custom) of going up to his private room (at 770) before leaving home. When the Rebbe would come out all the Chasidim would start singing escorting the Rebbe home with joy. The Rebbe always encouraged this singing. The Rebbe truly believed in being Be'Simcha at all time
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That day , when the Rebbe went up to his room the secretary told him about the tragedy.
The Rebbe was devastated to hear the news . He sat down and the secretary could see true pain in his eyes.
Nevertheless, when the Rebbe went out and saw the Hasidim , no one could tell how upset he was. he smiled and encouraged the singing.
Yiraa and Simcha can go together apparently.
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