Body and Soul of a Mitzvah

The “body” of a Mitzvah is the action, and the “soul” is having the intention when doing it, and doing it beyond the letter of the law. We should combine both, even in Mitzvos that are counted as fulfilled even if one didn’t have the intention to do it.

(See talk of the Lubavitcher Rebbe King Moshiach Shlita, Chukas 5751 (1991))