אות-יט

A broken heart and sadness are not at all the same thing. For a broken heart is of the heart, whereas sadness comes from the spleen (Tikunay Zohar 3 of the final additional 11, and see Likutay Moharan 23:5), and it is the other (-evil) side, and the Holy One Blessed He hates it; however, a broken heart is cherished before Hashem Yisburach, and is very dear in His eyes Blessed He. And it would be good for a person to have a broken heart the entire day, however, people of your standing are not able to hold this up, because it is possible from having a broken heart to come to sadness Heaven forbid, which is completely forbidden for a person. Therefore it is necessary to designate some hour in the day in which one should have a broken heart, that is, to do hisbodidus and break his heart before Him Blessed He, but the rest of the whole day entirely he should be just happy. (Words of Rabbi Nachman, article 41).