Subject: In Memory of Baruch Yitzchak ben Yirmiyahu (Barry Pessin)
From: Heath Berkin <heath.berkin@gmail.com>
Date: 5/13/2016, 6:22 AM
To: Heath Berkin <heath.berkin@gmail.com>
BCC: menachem@alonsystems.com
The Mishna in Avos (3;16) says, the store is open, the shopkeeper extends credit, his records are open and he records (his customers) anyone who wants to borrow can borrow.....
The shopkeeper and the store are a parable of life and Hashem. He extends us credit in this world to act and do as we please but everything is recorded and everything will eventually need to be paid for. All of our actions will eventually need to be accounted for.
A parable (adapted from Mussar Avos) is given of a man walking down the street, who smells a delicious smell emanating from a nearby house. He follows the smell and enters the house to found a lavishly set table with the finest delicacies. He begins to look around to see who or where the owner is but he realizes he is there alone. He figures that if he is the only one there he can eat as he wishes. He sits down and begins enjoying all of the pleasures placed before him. Unbeknownst to him, the owner is actually there peering through a hole watching and recording everything that he consumes.
Although all of life's pleasures and delicacies are spread in front of us seemingly free for the taking we shouldn't delude ourselves into thinking that nobody is watching.