A Path to Purity

a person who wants to know if his deeds are pure and honest should examine his prayers if he can concentrate during the entire amida prayer reciting all the blessings without any foreign thoughts any extraneous thoughts he knows that he's a sadik this means this is the meaning of the verse where SCH says in Mish chapter 27 verse 21 the refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold and the man according to his praise meaning according to his prayers so a person that comes to a with humility pleading begging him to please give me another day in the world give me P so I can feed my kids give me a wife so I don't spend my life not only lonely but unable to fulfill the mitvah of bringing children to the world that I could raise them with Torah and bring me health so I have the strength to serve you please AEM please so I could serve you