Reply To: How come all frum Jews today aren’t Chassidic?

LB, joy has nothing to do with jumping around and singing “Mitzva gedola liyot b’simcha” (which is not true – sometimes there is a mitzva to be in avelut and really we should be all year round because the Bet HaMikdash still has not been built). Joy is the inner satisfaction one receives from doing a mitzva. One can attain this when learning Gemara and Halacha. In fact, intellectual joy is on a higher level than emotional joy. as the intellect is what separates us from the animals (just look at the eyes of a dog when it see its master and you will know that they feel emotional joy).