At a simcha, (even moreso than a mundane gathering of a large group of Jews) the Shechinah is present. There is a tremendous ratzon from shamayim to entertain the
ba'alei simcha and through them, the Shechinah, the dancing is a major part of this. When you realize that it isn't your energy you are dancing with, that you have the ability to become a
kli, a vessel, to express this ratzon, to dance indefinitely, it is like giving feet to the Torah on Simchat Torah. And as chazal tell us, the Aron was
nosei et nos'av. (
the ark carried those who carried it)
[see
Dixie Yid for a post about
getting into the dancing]
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