A few Humorous Stories to explain why the Talmud in Tractate Megillah expounds: "Light means Torah, gladness means brit milah, joy means Yom Tov (The Festivals), and splendor means Tefillin." The blaring question is: why did the simple narration not suffice? What bothered our sages that forced them to elevate the joy from simple celebration to lofty idealism? This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate