Monday Nissan 28, 5703 - 13th day of the Omer
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."
Notes:
Different levels or aspects of the soul. The two loves thoroughly permeate the soul on every level.
Malachi 1:2.