Wednesday 19 Adar I 5703
Chumash: Ki Tissa, Revi'i with Rashi.
Tehillim: 90-96.
Tanya: Anyone who has not (p. 135)...and the like (p. 137).
Even ordinary Chassidim were lucid in their knowledge of Tanach. They had a customary procedure: After Davening Shacharit they studied Mishna; then while folding Tallit and Tefillin they would recite a certain set portion of Tanach, so apportioned that they concluded Tanach every three months.
Friday Adar Sheini 19 5703
Chumash: Tzav, Shishi with Rashi.
Tehillim: 90-96.
Tanya: And each spark...(p. 173) to...elevating the sparks. (p. 175).
R. Moshe Meisels related: The (Alter) Rebbe taught us that the Alef of Chassidus is to use our natural traits and instincts in Avoda.
The beginning of Avoda is to employ the natural characteristics of man's powers, for example the natural dominion of mind over heart. *
Notes:
See Supplementary Footnotes, (printed edition) p. 125.