Tuesday Iyar 13, 5703 * 28th day of the Omer
Chumash: B'har, Shlishi with Rashi.
Tehillim: 69-71.
Tanya: So, indeed, is (p. 251)...and the limited. (p. 253).
At Mincha, Tachanun is said.
The Alter Rebbe once said (during those years that he would say short Maamarim): "Know what is above you." [1]
Know that everything "above" in the supernal Sefirot and Partzufim (Divine emanations and configurations), all derives "from you" [2]; it all depends on man's service. [3]
Notes:
This day marks the Yahrzeit, in 5712 (1952) of R. Yisrael Aryeh Leib of blessed memory, brother of the Rebbe Sh'lita.
Avot 2:1.
Manifestations of the Divine Emanations, whether Chessed (Kindness) or Gevura (Severity), are determined by Man. Man's actions are independent and real, and from Above, G-d reacts to Man, "reflects" Man's actions.
may be insignificant from one perspective, but his importance is cosmic from another. "I am dust and ashes" expresses one view; "The universe was created on my account" expresses the second.
The quotation from Avot may therefore be translated, "Know, that what is Above is from you."