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One of our daf’s concerns revolves around the question of how we can joyously celebrate the first night of the holidays, when any korban that had been brought prior to the Yom Tov cannot be considered part of the joy of that holiday, yet there has not yet been an opportunity to sacrifice the korban hagiga for the holiday!
After examining the halachic ramifications of joy on Yom Tov (first and subsequent days) as well as Shabbes and Yom Tov, and
thinking about how halacha can possibly legislate simchah or joy..... leads us to the chassidic dimension and revolution with joy at its core.
It is as if the correction Chassidus brought to yidishkeit was an inner need to release joy beyond its Halachic constraints.