And it shall be (v’haya) when you come into the Land which God gives you as an inheritance, and possess it and dwell therein…(Deuteronomy 26:1)

Or haḤayyim (Rabbi Ḥayyim ben Attar, 1696 – 1743) notes that the opening word of the parasha is “v’haya”, which our Sages teach us expresses joy (as opposed to “vayehi”, which expresses woe), and comments that this enlightens us that there is no true joy other than settling in the Land of Israel.
Naḥmanides (1194 – 1270) takes a different approach and comments that the use of the word v’haya hints that the main mitzva of coming to the Land is to enter her in joy.
The two comments are complementary, not mutually exclusive. Indeed, Rebbe Natan, the spiritual successor of Rebbe Naḥman of Breslov, combines the two comments and writes:
We must ascend to Eretz Yisrael in joy, as we request (in the musaf prayers of the three festivals) "Bring us up to the Land in joy," and as the verse states: "And the redeemed of Zion shall return, and they shall come to Zion with song, with joy of days of yore shall be upon their heads; they shall achieve gladness and joy, and sadness and sighing shall flee." [Isaiah 35:10]
The primary joy is in conquering the Land of Israel, as the verse states: "And it shall be (v’haya) when you come into the Land which God gives you as an inheritance, and possess it and dwell therein… Then, you shall rejoice with all the good that the Lord, your God, has granted you and your household you, the Levite, and the stranger who is among you." [Deuteronomy 26:1,11]

(by David Magence)
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