Therefore, he should know that the Creator is giving him a chance to begin to engage in Torah and work, and this will bring him the real joy called “the joy of Mitzva [commandment]” (Rabash, Assorted Notes, 507, “What Is Joy?”).

If I want to get closer to the Creator and be special in His eyes, a whole new way of relating to people, myself, and what is around me opens before me.

This is how I can choose what to engage in to show a special attitude toward the Creator.

Then I get joy from perceiving the whole world as coming from the Creator and out of this choose only those actions that would bring me closer to the Creator.

Question: Is this called a Mitzva (commandment)?

Answer: Of course. Any action of mine that the Creator desires is called a commandment.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/8/24, Writings of Rabash “What Is Joy?”

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