Monday Sh'vat 26 5703
Torah lessons: Chumash: Mishpatim, Sheini with Rashi.
Tehillim: 119, 97 to end.
Tanya: To be sure (p. 107)...as is known. (p. 107).

Ahava, affection, is the breath of life in the Avoda of Chassidus. It is the thread that binds chassidim to each other, that binds Rebbe to chassidim and chassidim to Rebbe. Ahava works in a direct way (initiated affection) and also in a reflective way (responding to the other's affection). It knows no barriers and transcends the limits of time and place.