A Soulful Journey

Once when Hillel left his disciples, they said to him, "Where are you going?"  He replied, "To do a pious deed."  They asked, "What may that be?"  He answered, "To take a bath."  They asked, " That is a pious deed?"  He responded, "Yes, for if the man who is appointed to tend and wash the images of kings which are set up in theatres and circuses, received his pay for so doing, and is even raised up to be regarded as among the great ones of the kingdom, how much more is it obligatory on me to tend and wash my body, since I have been created in the image of God?"  -Leviticus Rabbah, 34:3 Everything we can do can be Godly , especially since we are cast from His image.   This is the path of holiness.

G.K. Chesterton said the good thing about staying in hot water is that you are always clean. -Louis Jacobs One should always feel as if you were being observed; that no act could be done in total isolation. W i th that mindset, who would do wrong?  Perhaps that is why Pirkay Avot says, "Know what is above you -- an all-seeing eye," and sin will n ot touch you.