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Torah
A thought for every day of the Hebrew year, from the Rebbe’s book. It is the same entry every year, on the same Hebrew date.
23 Iyyar 5786
The beginning of one's decline, G‑d save us, is the lack of avoda in davening. Everything becomes dry and cold. Even a mitzva performed by habit[*] becomes burdensome. Everything is rushed. One loses the sense of pleasure in Torah-study. The atmosphere itself becomes crass. Needless to say, one is totally incapable of influencing others.
Compiled and arranged by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, in 5703 (1943) from the talks and letters of the sixth Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, of righteous memory.
Compare Yeshayahu 29:13.
ראשית הירידה, ר"ל [רחמנא לצלן], הוא העדר העבודה בתפלה, עס ווערט אלץ טרוקען און קאלט, די מצות אנשים מלומדה ווערט שוין אויך שווער, מען איילט, מען ווערט אן דעם געשמאק אין תורה, והאויר מתגשם, ומובן הדבר שאינו שייך כלל לפעול על הזולת.
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Hayom Yom, compiled and arranged by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, in 5703 (1943) from the talks and letters of the sixth Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, of righteous memory. Text from chabad.org.