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== Study Schedules ==
'''Extended article - Keeping the Sedarim (Schedules)'''

In Kuntres Etz HaChaim, the study schedule for nigleh (revealed Torah) and Chassidus in Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim is outlined, and it's explained that keeping to the schedule is a condition for benefiting from the physical provisions the yeshiva supplies (food and sleep). The yeshiva schedules include 12 hours of study per day (in those times; today this has changed to 9 hours due to the decline of generations), where two-thirds of one's study should be in the revealed aspects of Torah, and one-third in the study of the inner dimensions of Torah.

Regarding the third of the day dedicated to studying Chassidus, the Rebbe Rashab details two main times that are suitable for this: The first recommended time for the inner dimensions of Torah - as was indeed established in Chabad yeshivas following this kuntres - is before prayer, through personal study and not just through a class, but in a manner where the entire community engages together in studying Chassidus, and in a way that they study at least two hours before prayer (in our time, this has decreased to an hour and a half). (The reason being that in the morning there is illumination from the aspect of Lavan Ha'Arami who, in his root in holiness, is called "the Upper Whiteness," which is the Infinite Light in His glory and essence without colors, which assists in understanding the inner dimensions of Torah).

The second time for studying Chassidus should be in the evening hours, also for at least two hours (an hour and a half in our generation as mentioned above), and whoever cannot do so because they go to sleep early must increase their morning study time instead, so that in total they study Chassidus for at least 4 hours per day (this is besides the fixed daily study of Tanya). The reason for this second time is (not the special quality of the time, but) the need and necessity to study the inner dimensions of Torah during the time of darkness, and before sleep.