{"id":17056,"date":"2024-07-13T06:26:45","date_gmt":"2024-07-13T05:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/?p=17056"},"modified":"2025-08-17T14:37:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T13:37:22","slug":"parshat-chukat-5784-the-essence-of-torah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/nl\/parshat-chukat-5784-the-essence-of-torah\/","title":{"rendered":"PARSHAT CHUKAT 5784 \u2013 DE ESSENTIE VAN TORAH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"De essentie van de Tora\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_mkxil8hGlI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>De lezing van deze week begint met de stelling dat deze specifieke regel, een irrationele regel, in feite de essentie vormt van het hele systeem van geboden (Mitzvot).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>De naam van de Tora-lezing van deze week is Chukkat. Chukkat betekent een regel of voorschrift. In de Tora zijn er verschillende soorten regels, in wezen drie. Er zijn regels die iemand zelf kan begrijpen, zelfs als de Tora ze niet expliciet noemt. Bijvoorbeeld: &quot;Gij zult niet stelen&quot;, &quot;Gij zult niet doden&quot; en &quot;Eer uw vader en moeder&quot;. Deze regels worden in het Hebreeuws Mishpatim genoemd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Daarnaast zijn er regels die Edot worden genoemd, die als getuigenissen van historische gebeurtenissen fungeren. De uittocht uit Egypte wordt bijvoorbeeld herdacht met het feest Pesach. Als de Tora dit niet zou vermelden, zouden we het misschien niet op deze manier vieren. Beide soorten regels zijn rationeel, maar er zijn ook regels zonder rationele verklaring. Deze regels worden Chukim genoemd. Het zijn geboden waarvan alleen God weet waarom ze belangrijk zijn of wat ze bewerkstelligen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deze week staat de tekst over Tsjoekim centraal. Sommigen denken misschien dat het niet nodig is om Gods geboden te volgen als ze rationeel te begrijpen zijn, zoals het verbod om te stelen. Ze denken wellicht dat hun opvoeding en gezond verstand voldoende zijn om hen te leiden. Maar de waarheid is dat zelfs de rationele geboden een inherent irrationele essentie hebben. Wat bedoel ik hiermee? Elk gebod bestaat uit twee delen: er is het deel van het gebod dat begrijpelijk en praktisch is \u2013 het schrijft een specifieke handeling of gedrag voor. De essentie van elk gebod is echter Gods wil. De kern van elk gebod is in wezen hetzelfde voor alle geboden, ongeacht de specifieke handeling die het vereist of verbiedt. Het is Gods wil, en de realiteit is dat wij als beperkte mensen, hoe slim we ook zijn, niet volledig kunnen begrijpen wat Gods wil werkelijk inhoudt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>De belangrijkste les is dat de essentie van de Tora en de verbinding met God niet rationeel, maar irrationeel is. Dit heeft praktische gevolgen. Het is onzinnig om geboden te kiezen op basis van persoonlijke voorkeur: &quot;Dit gebod vind ik leuk, dus dat volg ik, maar dat gebod vind ik niet leuk, dus dat volg ik niet.&quot; Dit is geen echte verbinding met God, maar eerder een verbinding met je eigen interpretatie of je eigen verzonnen versie van God. De Tora leert ons dat de essentie van de geboden irrationeel is, en dat we door het volgen van deze irrationele geboden verbinding kunnen maken met iets dat werkelijk boven onszelf staat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Parshat-toespraak van Rabbi Tuvia Serber<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bovenstaande is de best mogelijke weergave van de gesproken tekst omgezet naar geschreven tekst.<\/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>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s reading starts by stating that this particular rule, am irrational one, is actually the essence of the whole system of commandments (Mitzvot). The name of this week\u2019s Torah reading is Chukkat. Chukkat means a rule or statute. In the Torah, there are different types of rules, essentially three types. There are rules that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":17058,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17056","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 CHUKAT 5784 - THE ESSENCE OF TORAH - Sukkat Shalom B&#039;nei Noach<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This week&#039;s reading starts by stating that this particular rule, am irrational one, is actually the essence of the whole system of commandments (Mitzvot).\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/nl\/parshat-chukat-5784-the-essence-of-torah\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"nl_NL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PARSHAT CHUKAT 5784 - THE ESSENCE OF TORAH - Sukkat Shalom B&#039;nei Noach\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This week&#039;s reading starts by stating that this particular rule, am irrational one, is actually the essence of the whole system of commandments (Mitzvot).\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/nl\/parshat-chukat-5784-the-essence-of-torah\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sukkat Shalom B&#039;nei Noach\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-07-13T05:26:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-17T13:37:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Plaatjes-BLogs-2024-07-13T072319.459-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"245\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Rabbi Tuvia Serber\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Geschreven door\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Rabbi Tuvia Serber\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Geschatte leestijd\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minuut\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/fr\/parshat-chukat-5784-the-essence-of-torah\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/fr\/parshat-chukat-5784-the-essence-of-torah\/\",\"name\":\"PARSHAT CHUKAT 5784 - THE ESSENCE OF TORAH - Sukkat Shalom B&#039;nei Noach\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/it\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/fr\/parshat-chukat-5784-the-essence-of-torah\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/fr\/parshat-chukat-5784-the-essence-of-torah\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Plaatjes-BLogs-2024-07-13T072319.459-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-13T05:26:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-17T13:37:22+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/it\/#\/schema\/person\/74c4febac09d0b6925fcb82d39e89335\"},\"description\":\"This week's reading starts by stating that this particular rule, am irrational one, is actually the essence of the whole system of commandments (Mitzvot).\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/fr\/parshat-chukat-5784-the-essence-of-torah\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"nl-NL\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/fr\/parshat-chukat-5784-the-essence-of-torah\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"nl-NL\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/fr\/parshat-chukat-5784-the-essence-of-torah\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Plaatjes-BLogs-2024-07-13T072319.459-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Plaatjes-BLogs-2024-07-13T072319.459-1.jpg\",\"width\":650,\"height\":245},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/fr\/parshat-chukat-5784-the-essence-of-torah\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"PARSHAT CHUKAT 5784 &#8211; THE ESSENCE OF TORAH\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/it\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/it\/\",\"name\":\"Sukkat Shalom B&#039;nei Noach\",\"description\":\"Sukkat Shalom is an international community of B&#039;nei Noach - Noahides, where you can find information about Noahism and Judaism.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/it\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"nl-NL\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/it\/#\/schema\/person\/74c4febac09d0b6925fcb82d39e89335\",\"name\":\"Rabbi Tuvia Serber\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"nl-NL\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/it\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/54d65a9b3c7f4c1e22a78349631a087cb6bbb85c8257e580ea813c4843619f3f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/54d65a9b3c7f4c1e22a78349631a087cb6bbb85c8257e580ea813c4843619f3f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Rabbi Tuvia Serber\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/nl\/author\/rabbi-tuvia-serber\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"PARSHAT CHUKAT 5784 - THE ESSENCE OF TORAH - Sukkat Shalom B&#039;nei Noach","description":"This week's reading starts by stating that this particular rule, am irrational one, is actually the essence of the whole system of commandments (Mitzvot).","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/nl\/parshat-chukat-5784-the-essence-of-torah\/","og_locale":"nl_NL","og_type":"article","og_title":"PARSHAT CHUKAT 5784 - THE ESSENCE OF TORAH - Sukkat Shalom B&#039;nei Noach","og_description":"This week's reading starts by stating that this particular rule, am irrational one, is actually the essence of the whole system of commandments (Mitzvot).","og_url":"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/nl\/parshat-chukat-5784-the-essence-of-torah\/","og_site_name":"Sukkat Shalom B&#039;nei Noach","article_published_time":"2024-07-13T05:26:45+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-08-17T13:37:22+00:00","og_image":[{"width":650,"height":245,"url":"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Plaatjes-BLogs-2024-07-13T072319.459-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Rabbi Tuvia Serber","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Geschreven door":"Rabbi Tuvia Serber","Geschatte leestijd":"1 minuut"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/fr\/parshat-chukat-5784-the-essence-of-torah\/","url":"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/fr\/parshat-chukat-5784-the-essence-of-torah\/","name":"PARSHAT CHUKAT 5784 - THE ESSENCE OF TORAH - Sukkat Shalom B&#039;nei Noach","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/it\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/fr\/parshat-chukat-5784-the-essence-of-torah\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/fr\/parshat-chukat-5784-the-essence-of-torah\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Plaatjes-BLogs-2024-07-13T072319.459-1.jpg","datePublished":"2024-07-13T05:26:45+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-17T13:37:22+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/it\/#\/schema\/person\/74c4febac09d0b6925fcb82d39e89335"},"description":"This week's reading starts by stating that this particular rule, am irrational one, is actually the essence of the whole system of commandments (Mitzvot).","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/fr\/parshat-chukat-5784-the-essence-of-torah\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"nl-NL","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/fr\/parshat-chukat-5784-the-essence-of-torah\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"nl-NL","@id":"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/fr\/parshat-chukat-5784-the-essence-of-torah\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Plaatjes-BLogs-2024-07-13T072319.459-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Plaatjes-BLogs-2024-07-13T072319.459-1.jpg","width":650,"height":245},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/fr\/parshat-chukat-5784-the-essence-of-torah\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"PARSHAT CHUKAT 5784 &#8211; THE ESSENCE OF TORAH"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/it\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/it\/","name":"Sukkat Shalom B&#039;nei Noach","description":"Sukkat Shalom is een internationale gemeenschap van B&#039;nei Noach - Noachiden, waar je informatie kunt vinden over het Noa\u00efsme en het Jodendom.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/it\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"nl-NL"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/it\/#\/schema\/person\/74c4febac09d0b6925fcb82d39e89335","name":"Rabbijn Tuvia Serber","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"nl-NL","@id":"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/it\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/54d65a9b3c7f4c1e22a78349631a087cb6bbb85c8257e580ea813c4843619f3f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/54d65a9b3c7f4c1e22a78349631a087cb6bbb85c8257e580ea813c4843619f3f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Rabbi Tuvia Serber"},"url":"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/nl\/author\/rabbi-tuvia-serber\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17056"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22613,"href":"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17056\/revisions\/22613"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}