Can it really be true that we’re naturally wired to find joy in avodas Hashem?
TObegin on a light and cheerful note, let’s turn our attention to parshas Ki Savo, perek 28. The majority of the perek gives a chilling list of horrible calamities Hashem threatens to inflict on the Jewish People. What would trigger these calamities? If the Jewish People were to fail to serve Hashem b’simchah uv’tuv leivav, “with joy and gladness of heart.”
Did you ever find Hashem’s apparent strategy here puzzling? If you were a chinuch expert, would you advise parents to teach their children to serve Hashem with joy by threatening drastic punishments if they fail to be joyful?
Of course not. So why does Hashem seem to be doing just that?
The answer? That we’re asking this question because of a misconception we have about avodah.
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