Simchahs should be enjoyable. But what if they’re not?
Some people love a party! Give them a table and an occasion and they’re off to the races: They’ll plan and design and shop and create until “voilà” — it’s magnificent! They’ll thrill to the crowd’s admiration and pleasure.
And that’s only the beginning of the fun: Shopping for the perfect outfit searching out the most fabulous invitations making all the arrangements — every step of the party process is filled with pleasure and personal gratification. And to top it all off it’s for such a good cause: a celebration of the highest order a mitzvah a turning point in one’s life and the lives of loved ones. What could be better?
Anything But
For some folks however nearly anything would be better than a party. There are some people believe it or not who take no pleasure at all in arranging the details of a simchah. There are even those who don’t enjoy attending the simchah itself whether that is because they don’t like crowd scenes or because they don’t like parties or because they don’t like the crowd that will be at the party!
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