How Do You Honor HaShem?
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1:29And especially as people get much older, they start seeing some of their old friends are no longer in the world, they start thinking, reflecting on themselves, and they realize they're not going to be here forever. So these two tzaddikot had a conversation between them, and they said, listen, we've been together for 50 years, always together, 60 years, always together, doing all types of chesed, tz'dakah, ma'asim tovim, and all types of things. Who knows when we're gonna go, so let's promise each other that whoever goes to Shamayim first comes back to the one that's still here in a dream and gives a little insight into what's going on. As you would have it, some time passed, and one of them passed away. Excuse me for not remembering their names, but this is a very well-known, true story. A while after she passed away, the tears... dried up. One day, she appears to a friend in a dream. She tells her, "So, how is it up there?" The friend replies, "It's unbelievable, Baruch Hashem. But I can tell you that they already told me about your Gan Eden, and your Gan Eden is much, much bigger than mine. Much bigger than mine."
2:51She says, what do you mean it's much bigger than yours? We always did everything together. Every tzedakah, every event, every baking challah—everything we did together. She goes, yes, we did it together, but do you remember that every time we wanted to give tzedakah to the poor people, you were always the one that went out of your way to reach out to give it to them, and I stood by you? She said, yeah. She goes, that's a big deal in Shamayim. So, what do you mean? To just hand the money? To just reach out? She says, yes, they're reaching out. That extra effort, your Gan Eden and my Gan Eden are nothing alike. It's worlds apart. That's what it means. The smallest things you can possibly think of are a big deal. But this also applies at the opposite end.
