Checking into Our Actions
A very sick man once asked me to accompany him to the clinic where he was scheduled to be tested. He would undergo hundreds of x-rays on his head, scanning it from every possible angle in order to get a detailed picture of every part of his brain. I escorted him and stood beside him during this difficult ordeal, but I learned a valuable lesson in the meantime.
Just as MRI and CAT scans examine each detail of a person’s head via ultra-sensitive modern machines, so are our deeds in this world closely examined. Our intentions before, during, and after the performance of each mitzvah are thoroughly inspected from every angle.
Diagnostic imagery provides an analogy for the future accounting which we will undergo. We should be extremely careful with each and every action, doing it in the most perfect way possible, so that our reading will come out clear and blemish-free!
