“But as I walked home myself, the little boy’s words rang in my ear. ‘What will I tell my father?’ I thought to myself, what will I tell my Father – my Father in Heaven – after 120 years? I had drifted so far that I had forgotten it was almost Chanukah!
Hashem gave us exact instructions for earning and receiving sechar in Olam Haba, and we need to follow those instructions to the best of our ability. After all, the mitzvos we do in this world will be our clothing forever in Olam Haba. Good enough is not good enough when it comes to the garments we will wear for eternity.
The goal of a Jew is to live an elevated life and to see the truth about luxuries that distract him from building his eternity. It is so sad when the drive that is central to a Jew’s ruchniyus growth is misunderstood and misused to satisfy a never-ending craving for more physical, temporal pleasure and growth.
The currency in Shamayim is EFFORT. If you really toiled, if you invested all your efforts into trying to understand, it makes no difference whether or not you came out understanding. Hashem will reward you!” Every dollar in Olam Haba'ah will be payment for another bit of effort we invested in our avodas Hashem in this world.
Every time we learn Torah or do mitzvos in this world, we are providing for our parents and grandparents in the next world – and retaining our connection and closeness with them.
How precious is the zechus of Kaddish recital. Both Mrs. Sevitzky and Rabbi Landau understood that this was a most appropriate form of hakaras hatov and of great value to a neshamah in the next world.
Powerful Words of Inspiration
From Rabbi Yissocher Frand
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