Editing Toras HaChassidus (section)

=== Divine Service ===
The goal of Chabad Chassidus is to cause a person to live in a state where the mind rules over the heart, which comes through great effort. For this purpose, Chabad Chassidim pray at length, hold farbrengens frequently, and engage in iskafya. It is not enough to study Chassidus alone, as mere intellectual knowledge, but work of the heart is necessary.

In Chabad Chassidus, the need for divine service with joy and gladness of heart is emphasized, and sadness is rejected. There is also much discussion about working on middos. However, unlike Mussar and Kabbalah, it does not negate the body or disconnect the neshamah from physical reality but teaches the person to strengthen form over matter.