Monday Tevet 6 5703
Chumash: Vayigash, Sheini with Rashi.
Tehillim: 35-38.
Tanya: So, too, are all (p. 23)...before it was created (p. 23).
"Know the G-d of your fathers and serve Him with a whole heart." [1]
Every sort of Torah knowledge and comprehension, even the most profound, must be expressed in Avoda. [2] I.e. the intellectual attainment must bring about an actual refinement and improvement of character traits, and must be translated into a deep-rooted inward attachment (to G-d) - all of which is what the Chassidic lexicon calls "Avoda."
Notes:
Divrei Hayamim I, 28:9.
"Serve Him" in the quotation uses the Hebrew word Avoda.