אות - סה

Joy can protect your children from death (cf. She’arit Yisrael #114) .

The evil force that destroys children is called Lilith ( Zohar I, 14b) . Joy is the antithesis of Lilith (ibid., III, 227b) . 99 LILith comes from the root LaILah (night) and is associated with dark moods and depression.