Monday | Nissan 28, 13th day of the omer | 5703 | Torah lessons: | Chumash: K'doshim, Sheini with Rashi. | Tehillim: 135-139. | Tanya: Ch. 44. Each of (p. 231)...until the morning... (p. 233). | |
Chassidim asked the Alter Rebbe: "Which is the superior avoda, love of G-d or love of Israel?" He replied: "Both love of G-d and love of Israel are equally engraved in every Jew's neshama, ruach, and nefesh.1 Scripture is explicit: 'I have loved you, says the L-rd.'2 It follows that love of Israel is superior - for you love whom your beloved loves."