Sunday Sivan 17 5703
Torah lessons: Chumash: Sh'lach, first parsha with Rashi.
Tehillim: 83-87.
Tanya: Ch. 6. Now, the name (p. 301)...included in Chesed. (p. 303).

Refraining from deriving pleasure - in the fullest sense - from this world, is only a fine preparation for avoda. Avoda itself is transforming the physical into a vehicle for G‑dliness.