The matter of reward that a person merits by his good deeds in this world and the next takes two forms. Reward in this world alone and reward in the next world alone. Sometimes a person merits both on account of a single deed. This matter was not explained to us in detail. Rather the Creator promised His people general reward for general observances and did not state specific rewards for specific acts of service in this world as He did in regard to punishment for transgression where he states which acts make one liable for stoning, burning decapitation, or strangling; forty lashes; death (the form not expressly stated) premature death; payment of a monetary fine_ twofold, fourfold, or fivefold pay m for damages by an ox a pit beast's teeth or fire for wounding another person seizing his private parts defamation and the like But of reward and punishment in the net world the prophet has told us nothing in his book for several reasons. pg 435
Once, on a Motzoei Shabbos, the chasidim were sitting in the bais medrash of the Ruzhiner Rebbe zy”a for Melave Malka. Suddenly, the Rebbe opened the door of his room next to the bais medrash, stood at the entrance, and said, “The Baal Shem Tov was not a deity, and the zaida, the Magid, was not just an ordinary wagon driver. And once, when the holy Baal Shem Tov prayed, his talis fringe fell out of his gartel and dragged on the floor. The Magid approached, picked it up, and put it back in the gartel, but he was trembled with such tremendous fear that he fainted and his life was in danger. They were compelled to rouse the Baal Shem Tov from his deep dveikus in order to calm him.” He then added, “I told you that the Baal Shem Tov was not a deity and my zaida, the Magid, was no wagon driver. Still and all, when he touched the Besht’s garment, he fainted from fear. The entire world is Hashem’s garment. How much fear must we feel to touch this world!” May the memory of the...