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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.
16 Cheshvan 5787
Thought is a garment and servant of the intellect and emotions.[1] Even when it is not serving the intellect or emotions, it continues to function, thinking and meditating. However, this activity is then not only devoid of content, but also open to depravement... It is explained that alien or evil thoughts are caused by "emptiness of the head." For when the mind is occupied, the thought has something to serve, and there is no room for stupid and vain thoughts devoid of substance.
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.
See Tanya Ch. 4.
Footnotes
המחשבה היא לבוש ומשרת השכל והמדות. בשעה אשר אין לה שירות בשכל או במדות, גם אז פועלת פעולתה לחשוב ולהרהר, אבל פעולתה לא לבד שאינה תוכנית, אלא היא גם פרועה לשמצה... ומבואר כי סיבת המחשבות זרות או רעות הוא די פוסטקייט פון קאפ, דכאשר השכל עסוק אז יש להמחשבה מה לשרת ואין מקום למחשבות של שטות והבל שאין בהם ממש.
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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.