Sichot HaRan Chapter 65
Can copy this into an AI, or connect the whole library to your assistant. For deeper learning, you can directly use the original seforim, sites, and apps.
עַל יְדֵי שִׂמְחָה נִצּוֹלִין מִמִּיתַת בָּנִים.
Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973
Joy can protect your children from death (cf. She’arit Yisrael #114).
כִּי הַקְּלִפָּה הָעוֹשֶׂקֶת אוֹתָם ח"ו, נִקְרֵאת "לִילִית" וְהַשִּׂמְחָה הוּא הַהֶפֶךְ מִמֶּנָּה.
Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973
The evil force that destroys children is called Lilith (Zohar I, 14b). Joy is the antithesis of Lilith (ibid., III, 227b).⁹⁹comes from the root LaILah (night) and is associated with dark moods and depression.
footnotes: ⁹⁹ LILith