Bibbia Ebraica
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Musar su Deuteronomio 28:47

תַּ֗חַת אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹא־עָבַ֙דְתָּ֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ בְּשִׂמְחָ֖ה וּבְט֣וּב לֵבָ֑ב מֵרֹ֖ב כֹּֽל׃

perché non hai servito l'Eterno, il tuo Dio, con gioia e con gioia di cuore, a motivo dell'abbondanza di tutte le cose;

Shenei Luchot HaBerit

היום הזה ה' אלוקיך מצוך . Rashi explains that the commandments should appear to us as if they had only been made on that very day. Rashi adopts the same approach when explaining in 27,9: "Keep silence, and hear O Israel, this day you have become a people to the Lord your G–d." Rashi writes: "You should consider each day as the one on which you entered into the covenant with G–d." This is a very important rule, which, when practiced, helps us to perform G–d's commandments with eagerness, as one performs a task newly assigned. It helps not to treat Torah as something that we are so familiar with that we fall into the habit of neglecting its demands. The Arizal explains 28,47: "because you did not serve the Lord your G–d in joy and with a glad heart when you enjoyed everything in abundance," in a similar vein. G–d teaches us that performance of His commandments must be accompanied by a greater joy than the joy one feels for all the material blessings G–d has bestowed on one. It is not enough merely to serve the Lord and obey His commandments. We must do so joyfully.
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Shaarei Teshuvah

Secondly - because on other holidays, we establish a meal for the joy of the commandment. For the reward for joy over the commandment increases and grows, as it is stated (I Chronicles 29:17), “now Your people, who are present here - I saw them joyously making freewill offerings.” And it is stated (Deuteronomy 28:47), “Because you would not serve the Lord your God in joy and gladness.” But since the fast is on Yom Kippur, they were obligated to fix the meal over the joy of the commandment, on the eve of Yom Kippur.
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Mesilat Yesharim

We find that the Holy One, blessed be He, complained to the Jewish people for lacking this condition in their service, as written: "because you did not serve the L-rd, your G-d, with joy and gladness of heart" (Devarim 28:47).
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