Thursday Kislev 5 5704
Chumash: Vayeitsei, Chamishi with Rashi.
Tehillim: 29-34.
Tanya: Here we speak (p. 607)...within those worlds. (p. 607).
"A ladder was standing on the ground." [1].
Prayer is the ladder that connects souls and G-dhood. And although it stands "...on the ground," the start of Davening being no more than acknowledgement, yet "it's top [2] reaches the Heavens" [3] - a state of total Bitul, self-nullification. But one reaches this level through the prior attainment of comprehension and understanding [4] inherent in P'sukei D'zimra, [5] in the B'rachot of Sh'ma and in Sh'ma proper.
Notes:
Bereishit 28:12, Yaakov's dream.
I.e. the "peak" of Davening, which is the silent devotional Amida (or Shemona Essrei).
This is the concluding phrase of the verse "A ladder etc...".
Of G-dliness.
"Verses of praise," second section of Shacharit. Siddur pp. 30-42.