The Motivation Congregation: The #1 Torah & Mussar Podcast
Sep 24, 2026 · 28 min · 9 segments
Is happiness a skill you can practice? Too often we postpone joy until the next raise, win, sign of respect, or change at home. This episode makes a different claim: joy is not a delivery you wait…
Michael BrookeHost
But you have to ask yourself, how much longer are you going to keep waiting? The Torah declares unequivocally Unambiguously.
He gives us a synopsis about How impactful and important and integral Simcha is to the Asiyas HaMitzvos.
So it's at a time like this that the talk and the week's podcast is about Simcha.
that it is in their own power and own capacities and faculties to make themselves happy.
The answer, the answer to your simcha is that it is a midah like every other midah.
We work on patience, we work on humility, we work on generosity, And you can also work on your happiness because simcha is a midah.
It involves what you choose to notice, what you choose to focus on, how you interpret your circumstances, and whether or not you actually see the whole picture.
But happiness, simcha this yontif, and henceforth, is a choice and it is in your
But you have to ask yourself, how much longer are you going to keep waiting? The Torah declares unequivocally Unambiguously.
He gives us a synopsis about How impactful and important and integral Simcha is to the Asiyas HaMitzvos.
So it's at a time like this that the talk and the week's podcast is about Simcha.
that it is in their own power and own capacities and faculties to make themselves happy.
The answer, the answer to your simcha is that it is a midah like every other midah.
We work on patience, we work on humility, we work on generosity, And you can also work on your happiness because simcha is a midah.
It involves what you choose to notice, what you choose to focus on, how you interpret your circumstances, and whether or not you actually see the whole picture.
But happiness, simcha this yontif, and henceforth, is a choice and it is in your
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