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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.
5 Adar II 5787
Studying Talmud and related works, studying Chassidus, and actual avoda, are all imperative. Not only can there be no thought of one superseding or being superseded by the other, on the contrary, their relationship is symbiotic, mutually enriching: An ignorant person cannot be a chassid,[1] so the study of Talmud and halacha is an absolute necessity. Who is a chassid? He who conducts himself with piety toward his Creator,[2] so there must be the study of Chassidus, and the ultimate purpose of all study is, after all, actual avoda.
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.
Avot 2:5.
The simple meaning: One who serves G‑d beyond the requirements of the law, b'hidur, performing Torah and mitzvot with more depth, more vitality; for this, study of Chassidus is essential. (See also Kislev 14, for a more profound, mystical meaning of "Who is a chassid etc...").
Footnotes
לימוד הנגלה לימוד החסידות ועבודה בפועל, כולם כאחד מוכרחים המה. ולא זו בלבד דאינו שייך לומר שהאחד ידחה או יודחה מפני חברו, אלא אדרבא הם מסייעים זה לזה, וכמאמר ולא עם הארץ חסיד - שצריך להיות לימוד הנגלה. איזהו חסיד המתחסד עם קונו - שצריך להיות לימוד החסידות, ותכלית הלימוד הלא הוא העבודה בפועל.
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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.