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<DIV><BR><BR>It certainly seems to be against the philosophy of RYBS who
stressed that<BR>religion is not the opiate of the masses. Rather Judaism
involves a constant struggle.<BR><BR>I return to the question of how to
interpret ha-sameach be-chelko<BR><BR>shana tova<BR clear=all><BR>-- <BR>Eli
Turkel <SPAN class=969350212-17092007><FONT face=Arial
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<DIV><SPAN class=969350212-17092007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>I always
understood it as the usual dialectic - constant struggle yet realization
that (after the fact) we strive to be happy with where we are(were)
- along the lines of R'YBS explanation of choshed bkshairim/kapdeihu
vchashdeihu<BR>GCT<BR>Joel
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