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We know that it's near Charan and is a center for music-themed areas. We see this from Lavan's question (Bereishis 31:27):

למה נחבאת לברח ותגנב אתי ולא הגדת לי ואשלחך בשמחה ובשרים בתף ובכנור

Why did you flee in secrecy and mislead me and not tell me? I would have sent you off in Simcha, in Music, in Drums, and in Lyre.

Had Yaakov told Lavan he was leaving, Lavan would have escorted him to these places and sent him from there.

Also nearby is the city of Goodness of Heart, also mentioned in Devarim 28:47 quoted by the OP.

Later on, in the days of David and Sha'ul, they were greeted from the former's victory over Golias in this city (Shmuel Aleph 18:6):

לקראת שאול המלך בתפים בשמחה ובשלשים

[They came...] to greet Sha'ul the king in Drums, Simcha, and Sistrums.

Notice that by this point the city of Drums had been expanded: in Lavan's days, it was merely תף, whereas by this point is was תפים. Perhaps there were now two such cities, similar to Padan Aram ("two Arams," Aram Nachor and Aram Naharaim).

We are told that in the future, we will leave from Simchah and return home to Shalom (Yeshaya 55:12), and Hashem will rejoice over us in this city (Tzephaniah 3:17).

It seems that Simcha was the main city, with several other joy-themed suburbs.

I don't know history or geography well enough to determine where this area is. Be warned that Shlomo HaMelech said that it's futile to go here in Koheles 2:1:

אמרתי אני בלבי לכה נא אנסכה בשמחה וראה בטוב והנה גם הוא הבל

I said in my heart, "Come, I will treat you in Simchah, and will see Good." Behold - that, too, is futile.

Apparently nobody has been to the city since the days of Sha'ul and never will until the days of Mashiach. David, who said one must serve Hashem in Simchah, and Moshe, who criticized us for not serving Hashem there, were reflecting on their times, when it was possible to go there. I am unsure what R' Nachman was thinking.

We know that it's near Charan and is a center for music-themed areas. We see this from Lavan's question (Bereishis 31:27):

למה נחבאת לברח ותגנב אתי ולא הגדת לי ואשלחך בשמחה ובשרים בתף ובכנור

Why did you flee in secrecy and mislead me and not tell me? I would have sent you off in Simcha, in Music, in Drums, and in Lyre.

Had Yaakov told Lavan he was leaving, Lavan would have escorted him to these places and sent him from there.

Also nearby is the city of Goodness of Heart, also mentioned in Devarim 28:47 quoted by the OP.

Later on, in the days of David and Sha'ul, they were greeted from the former's victory over Golias in this city (Shmuel Aleph 18:6):

לקראת שאול המלך בתפים בשמחה ובשלשים

[They came...] to greet Sha'ul the king in Drums, Simcha, and Sistrums.

Notice that by this point the city of Drums had been expanded: in Lavan's days, it was merely תף, whereas by this point is was תפים. Perhaps there were now two such cities, similar to Padan Aram ("two Arams," Aram Nachor and Aram Naharaim).

We are told that in the future, we will leave from Simchah and return home to Shalom (Yeshaya 55:12), and Hashem will rejoice over us in this city (Tzephaniah 3:17).

It seems that Simcha was the main city, with several other joy-themed suburbs.

I don't know history well enough to determine where this area is. Be warned that Shlomo HaMelech said that it's futile to go here in Koheles 2:1:

אמרתי אני בלבי לכה נא אנסכה בשמחה וראה בטוב והנה גם הוא הבל

I said in my heart, "Come, I will treat you in Simchah, and will see Good." Behold - that, too, is futile.

Apparently nobody has been to the city since the days of Sha'ul and never will until the days of Mashiach. David, who said one must serve Hashem in Simchah, and Moshe, who criticized us for not serving Hashem there, were reflecting on their times, when it was possible to go there.

I don't know history or geography well enough to determine where this area is. Be warned that Shlomo HaMelech said that it's futile to go here in Koheles 2:1:

אמרתי אני בלבי לכה נא אנסכה בשמחה וראה בטוב והנה גם הוא הבל

I said in my heart, "Come, I will treat you in Simchah, and will see Good." Behold - that, too, is futile.

David, who said one must serve Hashem in Simchah, and Moshe, who criticized us for not serving Hashem there, were reflecting on their times, when it was possible to go there. I am unsure what R' Nachman was thinking.

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We know that it's near Charan and is a center for music-themed areas. We see this from Lavan's question (Bereishis 31:27):

למה נחבאת לברח ותגנב אתי ולא הגדת לי ואשלחך בשמחה ובשרים בתף ובכנור

Why did you flee in secrecy and mislead me and not tell me? I would have sent you off in Simcha, in Music, in Drums, and in Lyre.

Had Yaakov told Lavan he was leaving, Lavan would have escorted him to these places and sent him from there.

Also nearby is the city of Goodness of Heart, also mentioned in Devarim 28:47 quoted by the OP.

Later on, in the days of David and Sha'ul, they were greeted from the former's victory over Golias in this city (Shmuel Aleph 18:6):

לקראת שאול המלך בתפים בשמחה ובשלשים

[They came...] to greet Sha'ul the king in Drums, Simcha, and Sistrums.

Notice that by this point the city of Drums had been expanded: in Lavan's days, it was merely תף, whereas by this point is was תפים. Perhaps there were now two such cities, similar to Padan Aram ("two Arams," Aram Nachor and Aram Naharaim).

We are told that in the future, we will leave from Simchah and return home to Shalom (Yeshaya 55:12), and Hashem will rejoice over us in this city (Tzephaniah 3:17).

It seems that Simcha was the main city, with several other joy-themed suburbs.

I don't know history well enough to determine where this area is. Be warned that Shlomo HaMelech said that it's futile to go here in Koheles 2:1:

אמרתי אני בלבי לכה נא אנסכה בשמחה וראה בטוב והנה גם הוא הבל

I said in my heart, "Come, I will treat you in Simchah, and will see Good." Behold - that, too, is futile.

Apparently nobody has been to the city since the days of Sha'ul and never will until the days of Mashiach. David, who said one must serve Hashem in Simchah, and Moshe, who criticized us for not serving Hashem there, were reflecting on their times, when it was possible to go there.