Subject: In Memory Baruch Yitzchak ben Yirmiyahu (Barry Pessin)
From: Heath Berkin <heath.berkin@gmail.com>
Date: 8/26/2016, 7:02 AM
To: Heath Berkin <heath.berkin@gmail.com>
BCC: menachem@alonsystems.com
The Mishna in Avos (4;11) says "Rabbi Eliezer ben Yaakov says: If one does one mitzvah he acquires a defendant (a spiritual defendant) if he does one sin he acquires for himself a (spiritual) prosecutor".
Each and every action we do has a great impact in the spiritual realms. Our actions create a spiritual reality (an angel) which will become a heavenly defendant or prosecutor for or against us. Each and every action we do has profound impact and repercussions.
Our Sages say even further, that a person should consider that the entire world is in a balance and his one action, good or bad can tilt the entire scale one way or the other. Internalizing this message will help us to safeguard our actions from sin.