{"id":98523,"date":"2022-11-20T01:52:24","date_gmt":"2022-11-19T23:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/?p=98523"},"modified":"2022-11-20T01:52:24","modified_gmt":"2022-11-19T23:52:24","slug":"completely-immersed-in-a-mitzvah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/completely-immersed-in-a-mitzvah\/","title":{"rendered":"Completely Immersed in a Mitzvah"},"content":{"rendered":"

Completely Immersed in a Mitzvah<\/strong><\/p>\n

After the first Yom Kippur which we spent in the Lyon yeshiva, the congregants dispersed to their homes to break the fast. I had to stay a few minutes longer in order to take care of some urgent matters.<\/p>\n

Suddenly, a woman appeared at the yeshiva with her mother. She wished to immerse in the yeshiva\u2019s mikveh<\/em>. The mikveh<\/em> had been used throughout the day for men and had become very dirty. It was therefore unfit for her use. Those in charge had hung a note that the mikveh<\/em> was temporarily not in service. The name and address of another mikveh<\/em> was written at the bottom.<\/p>\n

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  1. The magnificent mikveh in Lyon<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    But the woman refused to go elsewhere. She stubbornly insisted on immersing only in the yeshiva\u2019s mikveh<\/em>. She averred that if she could not use our mikveh<\/em> that very evening, she would simply go home and immerse another time.<\/p>\n

    I was in a quandary in the face of her persistence. There was no point in pointing out that the water was filthy. She was not interested in listening. Then I remembered that Chazal exhort us to begin building the sukkah immediately after Yom Kippur as a way of demonstrating our desire to begin the new year with a mitzvah. Realizing that I would not manage to begin building my sukkah that night, I decided to open my new year with a different mitzvah. I set forth to cleaning the mikveh<\/em> and even called upon a woman to be in attendance, so that this woman could immerse according to halachah.<\/p>\n

    I emptied the dirty water and scrubbed the place clean until it sparkled like new. I must have spent at least two hours on the job. The woman sat and waited until I was finished.<\/p>\n

    When I was finally done and turned to go home, it was with a feeling of tremendous satisfaction. I had never before felt this way. My heart swelled within me. I had merited performing an extraordinary mitzvah, with no thought of recompense.<\/p>\n

    Aside from the fact that I was a direct catalyst for the observance of taharat hamishpachah, I did an act of kindness with this woman. Who knows if she would have bothered visiting another mikveh had I not acceded to her demands to immerse here?<\/em><\/p>\n

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