Rosh Chodesh Until Sivan 12, inclusively, do not say Tachanun.
Friday Sivan, 1, 5703 45th day of the Omer
Chumash: Bamidbar, Shishi with Rashi.
Tehillim: 1-9.
Tanya: But what is (p. 273)...commandments of the Torah. (p. 273).
"Throw a stick into the air; it will fall back on Ikrei, its root- side. [1]
Our fathers, the holy Rebbes, bequeathed a boundless heritage to the first Chassidim, that their sons' children and their daughters' children throughout the generations, in whatever country and environment they may be, will have that "root" - which is the attraction of their "inwardness of heart" to the rock from which they were hewn.
At times this element is covered and concealed in a number of garbs. This, then, is the Avoda of whoever desires life - to remove these coverings, to establish for himself periods for the study of Chassidus, and to conduct himself in the manner of the Chassidic community.
Notes:
Bereishit Rabba, end of 53. Viz. Likutei Sichot Vol. 4, p. 1251.
stick will tend to land on its thick end which was nearest to the roots; Ikrei also connotes "its essential element."