"With great sadness and a heavy heart we inform you that our shul must close...." That was the refrain in so many shul notifications.
Excuse the heresy - but why "with great sadness" etc. ?
JEWS ARE HOLY!!! They want to daven to Hashem in His home. However, we don't have to be sad. WE MUST ALWAYS BE HAPPY!!! It is a din in the Gemara and paskened in Shulchan Aruch!! Even when a close relative dies we are required to be bi-simcha.
Why?
Sadness is, in some way, an expression of displeasure at reality. Happiness bespeaks satisfaction with reality. If we are sad it is like saying "This isn't the way things should be. This is NOT GOOD". But EVERYTHING is good. Otherwise - Hashem wouldn't make it happen. If He wants the shuls closed - that is His [unfathomable] will and thus for our complete best. So we are happy because Hashem's will is being done which is OUR will, as well.
Yisroel Kedoshim because they want to daven with a minyan in shul. Right now it is clear that our Avoda is to serve Him with simcha elsewhere.
