Compulsion to Dance

"Sometimes, when people are happy and dance, they grab someone standing outside the circle who is depressed and gloomy. Against his will they bring him into the circle of dancers; against his will, they force him to be happy along with them. It is the same with happiness. When a person is happy, gloom and suffering stand aside. Yet greater still is to gather courage to actually pursue gloom, and to introduce it into the joy, such that the gloom itself turns into joy." (Rabbi Nachman of Bratzlav). The fourth episode of Radio Eshkolot podcast presents a collection of Jewish, Polish, Italian, Greek and Hungarian dance... Dalej