Room one hundred and thirty-nine in the hall of Hayom Yom.
Thursday, 10 Nissan 5703.
Shiurim: Chumash: Metzora, Chamishi, with Rashi's commentary.
Tehillim: 10th of the month, one recites from chapter 55 to chapter 59 inclusive.
Tanya: Today we begin chapter 41, from the beginning of the chapter, from the word "Beram". The daily shiur ends on the same page, page 56, with the words "Avodat eved".
The daily teaching is taken from a letter written by the Rebbe Rayatz on 9 Shevat 5699, to a Jew who informed him that a mikvah was built in his area and is already being used to a great extent. The Rebbe Rayatz encourages him in the letter, that although the existence of the mikvah and its use are an excellent thing - it is still not enough; now he must begin a very large campaign, so that all the women in the area will actually use it.
The Rebbe Rayatz speaks with him there in very sharp and strong words, about how much the matter must truly touch him to the soul. He tells him, that on the one hand he should have cried out about the matter with a bitter, piercing voice - simply to scream - at all those who do not fulfill the matter of taharah. The Rebbe Rayatz describes there what health damages are caused to children born without taharah, how irreversible damage is caused, and how when the child grows up he will complain to his parents: "How did you cause such an irreversible stain to be created in me?". The Rebbe Rayatz gave him many tools for how to speak with people and awaken them.
But along with this he says, that the campaign must be conducted quietly and with patience. Meaning, even though there was room to make a big noise, in order to succeed one must do so quietly and patiently, and actualize the matter in practical reality.
And from here is the excerpt from which the Rebbe took the daily teaching, which is the continuation of the letter. The Rebbe brings only the subject title - "Regarding the campaign for the matter of Taharat HaMishpacha in his settlement", which is a summary of the Rebbe's words on the subject of the letter - and from here on it is a quote from the letter of the Rebbe Rayatz. "Let him reflect on this" - the Rebbe Rayatz wants to awaken the Jew as to what vigor he must act with.
The Rebbe Rayatz tells him: Reflect on how serious the matter is. "If one could imagine that God arranged it into his hand" - if you could imagine that the Holy One, blessed be He, brought it into your hand "to save a settlement of Jews from destruction, Heaven spare us", and it is in your power now to save an entire settlement so they do not come to ruin, Heaven forbid - "behold, he certainly would have sacrificed his life for this", you certainly would have been moser nefesh to save it, and not only that, but "and he would praise and laud the Almighty for the great kindness to merit him with such a great privilege" - you would say: Thank You, Master of the Universe, for giving me the merit to save an entire settlement of Jews.
The Rebbe Rayatz tells him: If it were such an issue, it is clear that anyone would be happy to do it. And he continues: "for the great kindness to merit him with such a great privilege, yes, and even more than this, is this campaign" - the campaign to ensure that people use the mikvah and live a life of taharah is greater than saving an entire settlement from destruction, "for it is literally saving lives" - in soul and in body alike. And how much effort, therefore, must be invested in this matter.
It is known that one of the ten mivtzoim that the Rebbe initiated in Tammuz 5734 is Mivtza Taharat HaMishpacha, to act in the matter with great vigor.
In conclusion, a certain hint to the fact that the teaching appears in the daily Rambam study cycle: We are currently in Sefer HaAvodah, in the fourth chapter of Hilchot Biyat HaMikdash. In those chapters, in chapter 4 there, there is a reference to a person who married a woman and lived with her in prohibition, and this relates to the laws of sacrifices - since if, Heaven forbid, taharah is absent, there are negative prohibitions involved, which are also discussed in this section of the Rambam.