After the Previous Rebbe was released from his prison sentence on 3 Tammuz, he was given six hours to bid his family farewell, before embarking on his railroad journey to Kastroma, his city of forced exile. A great crowd of Chassidim gathered to see him at the station, and before entering his carriage, the Previous Rebbe addressed them, beginning 'May Hashem be with us as He was with our forefathers; may He not forsake or abandon us', - May Hashem be with us, and He ZLOO be with us, although we cannot compare ourselves to our forefathers…'. He went on pray for the strength to have self-sacrifice for the preservation of the Torah and its commandments.
5749 – Hisvadiyos p. 401-2, to the effect that we are to take a lesson for each anniversary of the 3rd of Tammuz, that we need to increase in all matters connected to the propagation of Chassidus with ever-greater strength. And just as the 3rd of Tammuz led to the spreading of Chassidus throughout America, we need to resolve, each year, to propagate Chassidus in a similarly vast manner.
See Sichas Rosh Chodesh Tammuz and Gimmel Tammuz 5751 – Hisvadiyos p. 406: 'That on each year… a higher quality is introduced [to the occasion and the required activities]'.
Ibid. See also Roshei Devorim, Parshas Korach 5751: 'From this there is a lesson regarding both categories of a Jewish person’s service. The first category of service is where a Jew’s service is performed in a manner (where he is aware) that in essence he is beyond the limitations of nature. The second category is where the very nature of a Jewish person is itself beyond the natural limitations, - since this is a Jew who bears a connection to the [supernatural-yet-within-nature events of] the 3rd of Tammuz'.
