Halakhah zu Tehillim 100:2
עִבְד֣וּ אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה בְּשִׂמְחָ֑ה בֹּ֥אוּ לְ֝פָנָ֗יו בִּרְנָנָֽה׃
Dient dem Herrn mit Freude, erscheint vor ihm mit Jubelgesang.
Sefer Chasidim
It is written, “Serve the Lord with gladness” (Ps. 100:2)1Berakoth 31a. and “Serve the Lord with fear” (Ps. 2:11), but how so? 2The Midrash on Psalms, trans. William Braude (2 Vols.; New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1959), II, 147.(both fear and gladness?) If a man is over-joyful, let him recall the day of death,3Berakoth 31a. this is fear. If he is sad, let him rejoice his heart with matters of the Law,4Shabbath 30b. as it is written, “The precepts of the Lord are right rejoicing the heart” (Ps. 19:9).
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