Thursday Tevet 16 5703
Torah Lessons (5703)	Chumash: Vay'chi, Chamishi with Rashi. Tehillim: 79-82. Tanya: The "Incompletely (p. 41)...and so forth. (p. 43).

The Tzemach Tzedek told Reb Hendel [1] at Yechidus: "Study of Zohar exalts the soul; study of Midrash arouses the heart; Tehillim with tears scours the vessel.

   

Notes:

1. (Back to text) Reb Hendel was a chassid who exemplified many chassidic traits - humility, warmth of heart, compassion, fervent worship - though he did not excel in the intellectual mastery of chassidic thought.

   An elder chassid when the late Rebbe, R. Yosef Yitzchak, was a child, he had a profound influence on the Rebbe-to-be, and was often cited in the Rebbe's sichot.