{"id":10819,"date":"2023-08-18T13:50:41","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T12:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/?p=10819"},"modified":"2025-08-17T14:34:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T13:34:21","slug":"parshat-shoftim-look-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/nl\/parshat-shoftim-look-down\/","title":{"rendered":"PARSHAT SHOFTIM \u2013 KIJK \u2013 KIJK NAAR BENEDEN!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWanneer de HEER, uw God, uw gebied zal uitbreiden zoals Hij aan uw voorvaderen heeft beloofd, en u het hele land zal geven dat Hij aan uw voorvaderen heeft beloofd; wanneer u dit hele gebod dat ik u vandaag opdraag naleeft \u2013 de HEER, uw God, lief te hebben en Zijn wegen altijd te volgen \u2013 dan zult u nog drie steden aan deze drie toevoegen\u201d (Deuteronomium 19:8-9).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deze passage beschrijft hoe we in de toekomst nog drie steden zullen toevoegen. <a><\/a>van toevlucht tot de drie reeds gevestigde plaatsen in het land Isra\u00ebl (19:1-3), waar zij die onopzettelijk doden kunnen vluchten voor familieleden van het slachtoffer die wraak willen nemen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maimonides (Rambam) stelt dat deze drie nieuwe steden in het Messiaanse tijdperk zullen worden toegevoegd (Wetten der Koningen 11:1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heeft dit enige zin? In de toekomstige messiaanse utopie zal er niet veel meer gemoord worden. We zouden de Vluchtsteden wellicht helemaal kunnen afschaffen, of in ieder geval een paar ervan. Maar waarom zouden we er dan nog meer nodig hebben?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We stuiten op een soortgelijk probleem met de Toralezing voor de middag van Jom Kippur, die handelt over de verboden seksuele relaties zoals beschreven in Leviticus hoofdstuk 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jom Kippur valt aan het einde van de Tien Dagen van Berouw, die beginnen met Rosj Hasjana (het Joodse Nieuwjaar). Deze periode wordt voorafgegaan door de maand Elul \u2013 30 dagen waarin we ons voorbereiden op de Hoge Feestdagen. De middag van Jom Kippur is het hoogtepunt van deze 40 dagen van intense spirituele inspanning. Moeten we op dit verheven moment echt te horen krijgen dat we geen relaties mogen hebben met onze ouders, broers en zussen of boerderijdieren?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Waarom moeten we op de heiligste dag van het jaar gewaarschuwd worden voor incest en bestialiteit, en waarom zijn er tijdens het Messiaanse tijdperk nog meer vluchtsteden nodig?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dit zijn in wezen beide hetzelfde probleem. Na 40 dagen van innerlijk werk en het bereiken van een hoog niveau van spirituele groei op Jom Kippur, zouden we niet gewaarschuwd hoeven te worden voor dingen die we zelfs op de slechtste dagen van het jaar niet zouden overwegen. En in het Messiaanse tijdperk, waarin de wereld op het hoogste niveau leeft, zullen we zeker geen extra vluchtsteden nodig hebben voor de extra moorden die zullen plaatsvinden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In beide situaties draait het om de vraag hoe we onszelf staande kunnen houden zodra we de hoogte hebben bereikt. In films zie je altijd wel iemand op de richel van een hoog gebouw staan die iedereen hoort roepen: &quot;Kijk niet naar beneden!&quot; In de fysieke wereld is dat ook zo. Als je op een hoogte bent en bang bent om te vallen, kijk dan niet naar beneden!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maar in het spirituele rijk, wanneer je heel hoog bent geklommen, schuilt het grote gevaar in zelfgenoegzaamheid en de gedachte dat je daar voor altijd zult blijven. Je zou al je goede verhalen kunnen gaan geloven en denken dat je het hebt bereikt en dat al je oude demonen voorgoed verdwenen zijn. Wanneer het erom gaat het bereikte hoge niveau te behouden, kan het juist heel nuttig zijn om naar beneden te kijken! Besef dat er geen magische touwen zijn die je daar boven op je plek houden, en dat je, tenzij je zeer waakzaam bent, tot vreselijke daden in staat zou kunnen zijn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><p>Chodesh Tov \u2013 Een darm Chodesh \/ Shabbat Shalom \u2013 Gut Sjabbat<\/p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Door Rabbijn Michael Skobac<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a9 Copyright, alle rechten voorbehouden. Als je dit artikel leuk vond, moedigen we je aan om het verder te verspreiden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Onze blogs kunnen tekst\/quotes\/verwijzingen\/links bevatten die auteursrechtelijk beschermd materiaal bevatten van <a href=\"https:\/\/mechon-mamre.org\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mechon-Mamre.org<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aish.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aish.nl<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org\/texts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sefaria.org<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chabad.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chabad.org<\/a>en\/of <a href=\"https:\/\/asknoah.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VraagNoah.org<\/a>die we gebruiken in overeenstemming met hun beleid.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhen Hashem your G-d will expand your territory as He swore to your forefathers, and gives you the entire land which He promised to give your forefathers; when you keep this entire commandment that I am commanding you today to fulfill it \u2013 to love Hashem your G-d and to follow in His ways always [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10820,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-parshot-of-the-rabbis"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>PARSHAT SHOFTIM - LOOK - LOOK DOWN! 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