## Ba'al Shem Tov, Re'eh

###### Ba'al Shem Tov, Re'eh 17:1
[Ba'al Shem Tov, Re'eh 17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ba%27al%20Shem%20Tov/s/Re%27eh/r/17:1)

**ושמחת בחגך.**ואמרו רבותינו ז"ל (בפסחים דק"ט ע"א) אין שמחה אלא בבשר, עיין לעיל פ' בראשית בהגה ע"ה מה שהעתקתי בשם הבעל שם טוב:
(מספר תפלה למשה בהקדמה).

**Ami Silver, 2020:**
**And you shall rejoice in your festival.** (ibid. 16:14)
There is no rejoicing except with flesh.⁹ 109a. That is, except when eating meat, as the verse says: “And you shall sacrifice peace-offerings, and shall eat there; and rejoice before the L-rd your G-d” (Deuteronomy 27:7).
That is, there is no joy Above other than that which rises from below, from flesh and blood.¹⁰
*Tefilah l’Moshe*, *Hakdamah*

footnotes:
⁹ Pesachim
¹⁰ That is, the greatest joy in heaven is when creatures of flesh and blood serve G-d from earth.


###### Ba'al Shem Tov, Re'eh 17:2
[Ba'al Shem Tov, Re'eh 17:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ba%27al%20Shem%20Tov/s/Re%27eh/r/17:2)

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