{"id":19923,"date":"2024-11-06T21:24:07","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T20:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/?p=19923"},"modified":"2025-08-17T15:04:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T14:04:32","slug":"lech-lecha-doing-for-the-sake-of-heaven-or-the-sake-of-reward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/nl\/lech-lecha-doing-for-the-sake-of-heaven-or-the-sake-of-reward\/","title":{"rendered":"LECHT-LECHA \u2013 DOE JE HET VOOR DE HEMEL OF VOOR DE BELONING?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>\u05d1\u05e1\"\u05d3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In dit Toragedeelte, Lech-Lecha, wordt het thema van beloning en vergelding voor een goede daad besproken. Na zijn grote overwinning op de vier koningen zei God tegen Abraham: &quot;Wees niet bang, Abram... je beloning is zeer groot.&quot; Rashi, een van de vooraanstaande commentatoren, interpreteert dit als volgt: Abraham was bezorgd dat hij zijn beloning voor al zijn rechtvaardigheid misschien al had ontvangen. Om hem gerust te stellen, verzekerde God hem: &quot;Waarom maak je je zorgen over het ontvangen van je beloning? Je beloning is zeer groot.&quot;\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Het is duidelijk dat Abraham zijn Schepper volledig diende ter wille van de hemel, als een &#039;daad van liefde&#039;. Maimonides definieert wat het betekent om uit liefde te dienen: &quot;Men houdt zich bezig met de Torah en de geboden... niet om het goede te erven, maar doet de waarheid omdat die waar is.&quot; Hij voegt eraan toe dat dit &quot;de deugd van onze vader Abraham was... dat hij alleen uit liefde diende.&quot; De vraag rijst dus opnieuw: hoe is het mogelijk dat Abraham zich zorgen maakte over zijn beloning, tot het punt dat God hem hierover gerust moest stellen?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Het antwoord is juist omdat Abraham zichzelf als stof en as beschouwde \u2013 hij zag zichzelf niet als een persoonlijk wezen, maar als een &#039;instrument&#039; in Gods hand, wiens enige doel het was Gods naam in de wereld te verheerlijken. Zijn naam en eer beschouwde hij niet als persoonlijk of ego\u00efstisch, maar als onderdeel van de eer van de hemel. Zijn hele levensdoel was om mensen de Schepper van de wereld te laten erkennen. Om die reden zou zijn grootheid onder de mensen op zijn beurt de eer van de hemel vergroten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dit verklaart ook Abrahams bezorgdheid over zijn beloning. Zelfs de beloning die hij ontving voor het dienen van zijn Schepper, zag hij niet als persoonlijk gewin, maar als een bewijs dat het dienen van God iets goeds is, dat zegeningen en eer brengt. Hij wilde een beloning ontvangen zodat mensen met eigen ogen zouden zien dat geloof in God de ware weg is en dat God degenen beloont die in Hem geloven en Hem dienen. Abraham was niet bezorgd om zichzelf, maar om de eer van de Hemel. Daarom zei God tegen hem: &quot;Wees niet bang... je beloning is zeer groot.&quot;\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abraham leefde v\u00f3\u00f3r de openbaring van de Torah en was dus een Noachiet. Dit geeft iedereen de geestelijke kracht om de goddelijke geboden te volgen ter wille van de hemel, en uiteindelijk zal daar een goede beloning op volgen. Het fysieke lichaam streeft weliswaar naar beloning om persoonlijke en ego\u00efstische redenen, maar daarachter schuilt het verlangen van de ziel dat de naam van de Schepper in de wereld geheiligd wordt. De grootste beloning ooit zal spoedig aan het volk Isra\u00ebl en de Noachieten worden gegeven, in het messiaanse tijdperk waarin de volledige verlossing en opstanding der doden zal plaatsvinden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bronnen: Likutei Sichos vol. 20 pagina 54.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Door Rabbijn Moshe Bernstein<\/strong><br><br><strong>Als je meer vragen wilt om over na te denken,&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sukkatshalom-bneinoach.com\/nl\/category\/rabbi-burton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BEKIJK DE ANDERE BLOGS VAN RABBI MOSHE BERNSTEIN  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/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.<br><br>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>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u05d1\u05e1&#8221;\u05d3 In this Torah portion, Lech-Lecha, the theme of reward and retribution for a good deed is discussed. 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