Hiki i nā Iudaio ke ʻoliʻoli i ka Kalikimaka?

Ke noʻonoʻo nui nei māua ʻo kaʻu kāne e pili ana i ka Kalikimaka a me Hanukkah i kēia makahiki a makemake mākou e loaʻa i kou manaʻo i ke ala maikaʻi loa e hoʻokokoke aku ai i ke Kalikimaka ma ke ʻano he ʻohana Iudaio e noho nei i kahi kaiāulu Karistiano.

Hele mai kaʻu kāne mai kahi ʻohana Karistiano a hele mau mākou i ka home o kona mau mākua no ka hoʻolauleʻa Kalikimaka. No ka ʻohana Iudaio wau, no laila hoʻolauleʻa mau mākou iā Hanukkah ma ka home. I ka wā ma mua ʻaʻole pilikia iaʻu ua hōʻike ʻia nā keiki i ka Kalikimaka no ka mea ʻōpio loa lākou e hoʻomaopopo i ke kiʻi nui - ʻo ka hapanui e pili ana i ka ʻike ʻana i ka ʻohana a me ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i kekahi lā nui. I kēia manawa he 5 mau makahiki o kaʻu hiapo a hoʻomaka wau e noi no Santa (Hāʻawi pū ʻo Santa i nā makana Hanukkah? ʻO wai ʻo Iesū?) ʻO ko mākou muli loa he 3 mau makahiki a ʻaʻole i laila, akā noʻonoʻo mākou inā he naʻauao ke hoʻomau i ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i ke Kalikimaka.

Ua wehewehe mau ʻia ʻo ia iā mākou he mea he kupuna a me koʻu kupuna kāne e hauʻoli nei mākou i ke kōkua ʻana iā lākou e hoʻolauleʻa ai, akā, he ʻohana ʻohana Iudaio mākou. Pehea kou manaʻo? Pehea e hana ai ka ʻohana Iudaio me ka Kalikimaka, no ka mea ʻo ia ka hana ʻana o ka Kalikimaka i ka wā hoʻomaha? (ʻAʻole loa no Hanukkah.) ʻAʻole wau i makemake i kaʻu mau keiki i like lākou e nalowale nei. Eia kekahi, ua lilo nui ʻo Kalikimaka i mea nui o ka male ʻana o kā Kalikimaka me ka manaʻo ua kani kona manaʻo inā ʻaʻole ulu kā kāna mau keiki me nā hoʻomanaʻo Kalikimaka.

ʻO ka pane a ka rabi
Ua ulu aʻe wau ma ka ʻaoʻao o nā Katolika Kelemania i kahi kaiāulu hui o New York City. I kuʻu wā kamaliʻi, ua kōkua au i koʻu ʻanakē "hānai" ʻo Edith lāua ʻo ʻAnakala Willie e hoʻonaninani i kā lāua kumulāʻau i ke awakea o ka Mele Kalikimaka a manaʻo ʻia e noho lākou i ke kakahiaka Kalikimaka ma ko lākou home. ʻO kā lākou makana Kalikimaka iaʻu i like mau: kahi kau inoa hoʻokahi makahiki i National Geographic. Ma hope o ka male hou ʻana o koʻu makuakāne (ʻo 15 wau), ua hoʻohana wau i kekahi mau Kalikimaka me ka ʻohana Metodist a koʻu makuahine i kekahi mau kūlanakauhale.

Ma ke kakahiaka Kalikimaka, ʻo Uncle Eddie, nona kāna ʻaka kūlohelohe a me nā ʻāpana hoʻi e uhi ana i ka hau, e hoʻokani ana i kahi Santa Claus e honi ana ma ka noho aliʻi ma luna o ko lākou kūlanakauhale ʻo Hook-and-Ladder i kona hele ʻana i nā alanui o Centerport NY. ʻIke wau, aloha a aloha ʻole i kēia papa ʻo Santa Claus.

ʻAʻole noi aku kou mau makuahōnōwai iā ʻoe a me kou ʻohana e hele i ka pule Kalikimaka me lākou a ʻaʻole nō hoʻi lākou e hoʻopunipuni i nā manaʻo Karistiano e pili ana i kāu mau keiki. Me he mea lā makemake nā mākua o kāu kāne e kaʻana like i ke aloha a me ka hauʻoli a lākou e ʻike ai ke hui pū ko lākou ʻohana ma ko lākou hale i ka Kalikimaka. He mea maikaʻi kēia a me kahi hoʻomaikaʻi nui e pono ai i kāu apo lima hewa ʻole ʻole. ʻAʻole hāʻawi ke ola iā ʻoe i kahi manawa waiwai a aʻo ʻia me kāu mau keiki.

E like me ka hana a lākou e like me ka hana mau, e nīnau mai kāu mau keiki iā ʻoe i nā nīnau he nui e pili ana i ka Kalikimaka ʻo koʻu kupunawahine a me ke kupuna kāne. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻāʻo i kekahi mea e like me kēia:

“He poʻe Iudaio mākou, ʻo ke kupunawahine a me ke kupunakāne he Kalikiano. Aloha mākou i ka hele ʻana i ko lākou home a aloha mākou e kaʻana like ana i ka Kalikimaka me lākou e like me ko lākou makemake e hele mai i ko mākou home e kaʻana like me Easter iā mākou. ʻOkoʻa nā hoʻomana a me nā moʻomeheu kekahi i kekahi. Ke noho mākou i ko lākou home, aloha mākou a mahalo i nā mea a lākou e hana ai no ka mea aloha a mahalo mākou iā lākou. Hana lākou i ka mea like ke noho lākou i loko o ko mākou hale. "

I ka nīnau ʻia inā he manaʻoʻiʻo Santa ka ʻole, ʻaʻole e haʻi iā lākou i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ma nā huaʻōlelo a lākou hiki ke hoʻomaopopo. Mālama iā ia a maʻalahi a pololei. Eia kaʻu pane:

"Manaʻoʻiʻo wau i nā makana mai kā mākou aloha i kekahi i kekahi. I kekahi manawa hiki mai nā mea maikaʻi iā mākou i ke ʻano a mākou e maopopo ai, i nā manawa maikaʻi aʻe a hiki i nā mea maikaʻi a he mea pohihihi ia. Makemake au i ka mea pohihihi a ʻōlelo mau wau "Mahalo ke Akua!" A ʻaʻole, ʻaʻole wau i manaʻoʻiʻo iā Santa Claus, akā nui ka poʻe Kalikiano. He Karistiano ka tūtū a me ke kupunakāne. Mahalo lākou i ka mea aʻu e manaʻoʻiʻo ai a mahalo pū i ka mea a lākou e manaʻoʻiʻo ai. ʻAʻole wau e hele a puni e haʻi iā lākou ʻaʻole wau e ʻaelike me lākou. Aloha nui au iā lākou ma mua o ka ʻaelike me lākou.

Ma kahi o, ʻike wau i nā ala e kaʻana like ai i kā mākou kuʻuna i hiki iā mākou ke mālama i kekahi i kekahi inā paha mākou e manaʻoʻiʻo i nā mea like ʻole. "

I ka pōkole, kaʻana like kou mau makuahōnōwai wahine i ko lākou aloha nou a me kou ʻohana ma o ka Kalikimaka i ko lākou home. ʻO ka ʻohana Iudaio o kou ʻohana kahi hana o pehea ʻoe e noho ai i nā lā 364 i koe o ka makahiki. ʻO ka Kalikimaka me kou mau mākua kāne hiki ke aʻo i kāu poʻe keiki i ka mahalo nui i ko mākou honua moʻomeheu a me nā ala like ʻole a nā poʻe e alakaʻi ai i ka Hemolele.

Hiki iā ʻoe ke aʻo i kāu poʻe keiki ma mua o ke ahonui wale. Hiki iā ʻoe ke aʻo iā lākou i ka ʻae.

E pili ana iā Rabbi Marc Disick
Ua puka ʻo Rabi Marc L. Disick DD mai SUNY-Albany i ka makahiki 1980 me ke kekelē ma ka Iudaio, Hoʻomanaʻo a me ke kamaʻilio. Ua noho ʻo ia i Israel no kāna makahiki Junior, e hele ana i ke Kulanui Makahiki UAHC ma Kibbutz Maʻaleh HaChamisha a no kāna makahiki mua o ke aʻo rabbinical ma ke Kulanui Hebrew Union ma Ierusalema. I loko o kāna mau aʻo rabbinical, ua hana ʻo Disick no ʻelua mau makahiki ma ke ʻano he kahunapule ma ke Kulanui ʻo Princeton a ua hoʻopau i nā papa no kahi Masters in Education Iudaio ma ke Kulanui ʻo New York ma mua o ka hele ʻana i ke Kula Nui ʻo Hebrew Union ma New York kahi i wae ʻia ai ʻo ia ma 1986.