“Let us go and sing joyously to God, and exult in the Rock of our salvation.” (Tehilim, 95:1) “Let us go and sing joyously to God” means together with the nations of the world, for at any event God gives them life and existence. For this, they too must sing joyously. But with us, His people Israel “exult in the Rock of our salvation” with “trumpets and the blast of the Shofar,” with intense joy of heart that flows from the deepest place in the heart. This is likened to a king who makes a wedding feast for his son. He invites all kinds of guests to the feast and honors them with food and drink. The joy of the guests is because of the feast that he made for them, and with which he honored them. But the joy of his son is joy from the deepest essence.
לְכוּ נְרַנְּנָה לַה' נָרִיעָה לְצוּר יִשְׁעֵנוּ. "לְכוּ נְרַנְּנָה" הַיְינוּ בְּצֵירוּף אוּמּוֹת הָעוֹלָם כִּי עַל כָּל פָּנִים הַש"י מְחַיֶּה וּמְהַוֶּה אוֹתָם, לָזֹאת צְרִיכִים גַּם הֵם לְרַנֵּן. אֲבָל אֲנַחְנוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל עַמּוֹ, נָרִיעָה לְצוּר יִשְׁעֵנוּ בַּחֲצוֹצְרוֹת וְקוֹל שׁוֹפָר, מִשִּׂמְחַת לֵבָב הַנּוֹבֵעַ מֵעִמְקֵי הַלֵּב, מָשָׁל לְמֶלֶךְ שֶׁעָשָׂה סְעוּדַת נִשּׂוּאִין לִבְנוֹ וְזִימֵּן קְרוּאִים לִסְעוּדָתוֹ וְכִיבְּדָם בְּמַאֲכָל וּמִשְׁתֶּה, הִנֵּה שִׂמְחַת הַקְּרוּאִים הוּא בַּעֲבוּר הַסְּעוּדָה שֶׁעָשָׂה לָהֶם וְכִיבְּדָם, אֲבָל שִׂמְחַת בְּנוֹ הוּא שִׂמְחָה עַצְמִיּוּת.
“Let us go and sing joyously to God, and exult in the Rock of our salvation.” (Tehilim, 95:1)
“Let us go and sing joyously to God” means together with the nations of the world, for at any event God gives them life and existence. For this, they too must sing joyously. But with us, His people Israel “exult in the Rock of our salvation” with “trumpets and the blast of the Shofar,” with intense joy of heart that flows from the deepest place in the heart. This is likened to a king who makes a wedding feast for his son. He invites all kinds of guests to the feast and honors them with food and drink. The joy of the guests is because of the feast that he made for them, and with which he honored them. But the joy of his son is joy from the deepest essence.