Chapter 27. When one is saddened by the awareness that their spiritual struggle will never end or let up. We must know our place. The value of ISKAFIA.

Chapter 40. The KAVANA (passion) we invest in our yiddishkeit are the wings (love and fear) to help our Mitzvos ascend to the Sfiros of the spiritual world to which our (particular) soul and our service of Him belongs.

Chapter 29-31. Specific examples of mussar (self criticism). Former sins, small sins, relative sins, when comparing yourself to your fellow.

Chapter 39-40. Faults in one’s Kavana, Lack of motivation, selfish motivation, negative motivation.

Chapter 28. Sadness from confusion of Yetzer hara and Davening. What to make of the fact that right in the middle of our communication with G-D we can get so distracted. (doesn’t that mean we’re hypocrites).

Chapter 41 (half). Yirah, Kabalas Ol. The foundation of Judaism is discipline- Do what you are told. Out of fear of our King, or (at least) out of shame from our neighbor. Note: Lessons 45-51 (chapters 41-45) Fear, love and beauty in the service of Hashem.

Chapter 29-31. The mussar section of the Tanya. When all methods of inspiring joy fail, the only solution (sometimes) is to be even more critical of self.

Chapter 41 (second half). highest level of service to G-D is that of Yichudim (unifications)- The idea that what we do here has a reciprocal effect on high; and results in bringing G-Dliness down. Though this is the realm of the (highest level of) Tzadik it has some connection to all of us. We must…

Chapter 31. Joy after sadness. One has as much reason to be joyous as sad. Choose “joy of the soul” rather than “the sadness of the body”. What’s there to be happy about?

Chapter 42. Yirah, service of G-D that is fear (respect; serious; sincerity) based. The core of all fear is Bittul, Meditation brings it out; The notion of personalizing G-D- DAAS.