Laws of Joy on Sukkot

Laws of the Calendar

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Similarly, “So I commended mirth,” that is the joy of a mitzva. “And of mirth: What does it accomplish?” that is joy that is not the joy of a mitzva. The praise of joy mentioned here is to teach you that the Divine Presence rests upon an individual neither from an atmosphere of sadness, nor from an atmosphere of laziness, nor from an atmosphere of laughter, nor from an atmosphere of frivolity, nor from an atmosphere of idle conversation, nor from an atmosphere of idle chatter…

Even though it is a mitzvah to rejoice on all the festivals, there was an additional celebration in the Temple on the festival of Sukkot, as [Leviticus 23:40] commands: "And you shall rejoice before God, your Lord, for seven days."
What was done? On the eve of the first day of the festival, they would set up a place in the Temple where women [could watch] from above, and men from below, so they would not intermingle with each other.
The celebration would begin on the night after the first day of the festival…

Mishneh Torah, Shofar, Sukkah and Lulav 8:12-15

The commandment of taking the lulav: The commandment of lulav, that we should take in our hands on the first day of the holiday of Sukkot the fruit of a hadar tree, palm fronds, the branches of a braided tree and willows of a brook, as it is stated (Leviticus 23:40), “And you shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of a hadar tree and palm fronds, the branches of a braided tree and willows of a brook.” And the explanation came about it (Sukkah 35a) that the fruit of the hadar tree is the citron (etrog)…

Sefer HaChinukh 324:1-6

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