ספר שיחות מוהר"ן אות - רצח

After Simchas Torah I was accustomed to come to him, o.b.m. And every year when I came to him after Simchas Torah he asked me whether I had been joyful on Simchas Torah. And he told me several times how joyful people were in his home and how much pleasure he had from this. And likewise once more in the middle of the year he spoke with me about Simchas Torah — whether I feel joy in my heart then, or at least at some other time in the year, whether I feel joy in my heart. (And blessed be Hashem Who helped me in His great kindness to rejoice wholeheartedly several times each year — and I felt the joy in my heart in a way that is impossible to describe to another person. For the joy of our Jewishness — that we merited to be from the seed of Israel and to believe in Him Yisburach — is according to each one's measure of what he estimates in his heart. And it is impossible to describe to another person at all, as is explained among us many times.[472] In particular the aspect of the cleaving that one feels at the time of joy — even the most lowly among Israel — this is impossible to describe at all.) For his desire and will was greatly that we should be joyful throughout the entire year, especially on Simchas Torah and Purim and on Shabbos and festivals. And he told me that once on Simchas Torah he danced by himself alone in his room without the assistance of other people. 472. RAK: See above, section 1.