The verse most often cited as proof for Simcha in seving Hashem is found where we are rebuked for not serving Him with joy "Devarim 28:47 Because you did not serve the Lord Your G-d in joy with a glad heart."
This implies that simcha is the cause for Galus - exile from the land. The very land which we are commanded to settle, which the Ohr haChaim explains is the greatest Simcha - is the land which we lose if we fail to serve Hashem out of Simcha.
We see that Eretz Yisroel is intertwined with Simcha in a profound way.
How are we to understand then the seeming contradiction that our sages teach in Talmud Berachos that Eretz Yisroel is aquired through yissurim? suffering and hardship?
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