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Daily Chizuk #0679
Weekly Parasha
The Greatest Gains: Charity as a Righteous Act
Parashat Korach: The Same Boss
In this week’s parasha, Korach staged a rebellion against Moshe and Aharon, telling them that they took all the good positions in Klal Yisrael for themselves. Chazal tell us, Korach’s actions were motivated by jealousy. He saw others around him being promoted to different positions and he didn’t get any of them for himself. He convinced himself, and others, that his motives were purely l’shem Shamayim, but deep down it was all about his own honor.
The less honor we get the more real our service is to Hashem. Everybody has a special job to do, to serve Hashem to the best of his ability in the circumstances Hashem puts him in. If he does his job with joy and humility, then he’ll be rewarded the same as anyone else who did his job, whatever Hashem wanted that person to do. The job doesn’t matter as much as doing whatever we are asked of correctly.
Shabbat Shalom!
In this week’s parasha, Korach staged a rebellion against Moshe and Aharon, telling them that they took all the good positions in Klal Yisrael for themselves. Chazal tell us, Korach’s actions were motivated by jealousy. He saw others around him being promoted to different positions and he didn’t get any of them for himself. He convinced himself, and others, that his motives were purely l’shem Shamayim, but deep down it was all about his own honor.
The less honor we get the more real our service is to Hashem. Everybody has a special job to do, to serve Hashem to the best of his ability in the circumstances Hashem puts him in. If he does his job with joy and humility, then he’ll be rewarded the same as anyone else who did his job, whatever Hashem wanted that person to do. The job doesn’t matter as much as doing whatever we are asked of correctly.
Shabbat Shalom!
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