Siman 102

(22.) I heard in his name that he told: In Jerusalem there is a synagogue to which all the dead of the world are brought — and as soon as someone dies anywhere in the world, that dead person is immediately brought there. And there they adjudicate him — where his place will be — for there are dead people in the Land of Israel who are carried outside the Land, and vice versa, as is cited [Zohar, Terumah 141a]. And there in that synagogue the court sits that adjudicates each and every one, and assigns him his appropriate place. And there is one who is adjudicated to have no place at all — who will be lost and cast into the hollow of the sling [kaf hakela]. And when they bring the dead person there, they bring him clothed. And there is one who is missing something from his garments — some deficiency. For instance, one is missing one sleeve from his garment [called an arbil], and there is one missing one portion of a wing of his garment [called a paleh], and the like — all according to the deeds of the person [for so one merits to garments after death], as is known. And according to the garments with which they bring him there, so they adjudicate him and assign him his place as stated. Once they brought there a dead man completely naked — without any garment at all — may the Merciful One save us! And they adjudicated him that he would be cast and lost in the hollow of the sling, may the Merciful One save us — for he was completely naked. And a certain tzaddik came and took one of his own garments and threw it over him. And the court there asked him: Why are you giving him your garment? And they were displeased by this — for why should this dead man be clothed and be saved through a garment not his own? The aforementioned tzaddik answered them: I need to send this man to my desired destination — and for this I have the right to clothe him in my garment. And have you not seen that sometimes a great officer sends his servant to some other officer, and the servant was delayed a bit in going on his mission? And the officer asked him: Why have you not yet gone on my mission? He answered him that he had no clothing suitable for traveling in. The officer immediately gave him some of his own garments so that he could go on the mission. So too in our case — I am sending this dead man on a mission for me, and therefore I have the right to give him garments. And they accepted this argument. And the dead man was clothed in the garment and received his place. And the tzaddik accomplished through this what he wished to accomplish.