Today I was thinking about Billy ["Cheshbonit"] (a "bill" in Modern Hebrew is a "cheshbonit") Martin [fiery, former Yankees manager] and feeling badly for him. He was a big drinker and actually died at age 61 in a car crash on his way to a .... bar [married 61 year old man still going to bars. Nebuch]. He got up to Shomayim and to his dismay there were no suds available. 馃槻馃槻
Then a few years later Mickey [Michoel] Mantle died ["dismantled"] joined Billy [wherever he is....] and he too was broken when he discovered that there is no drinking after death [he would drink alcohol - lihavdil elef alfei havdalos - like Rav Chaim Kniyevsky would drink masechtos] - for ETERNITY!!! 馃槼馃槼
Mussar Haskel: For eternity, Hashem is all there is. If you developed a connection here then it will be BEYOND AMAZING. If not - you will spend forever thinking about whatever you were connected to here. Rabbeinu Yonah writes in the Shaarei Teshuva that one descends to the grave WITH his tyvos.... And with no opportunity for their realization.
