Ngaba amaJuda angayibhiyozela iKrisimesi?
Umyeni wam kwaye besicinga kakhulu ngeKrisimesi kunye neHanukkah kulo nyaka kwaye singathanda ukuba noluvo lwakho malunga nendlela eyiyo yokusondela kwiKrisimesi njengentsapho yamaJuda ehlala kuluntu lobuKristu.
Umyeni wam uvela kusapho lwamaKristu kwaye sasihlala sisiya kubazali bakhe kwimibhiyozo yeKrisimesi. Ndisuka kusapho lwamaJuda, ke bendihlala sibhiyozela iHanukkah ekhaya. Kwixesha elidlulileyo bekungandikhathazi ukuba abantwana bavezwe ngeKrisimesi kuba bebancinci kakhulu ukuba bangawuqonda umfanekiso omkhulu- ubukhulu becala ibikukubona usapho kunye nokubhiyozela enye iholide. Ngoku owam mdala uneminyaka emi-5 kwaye uqala ukucela uSanta (uSanta naye uzisa izipho zeHanukkah? Ngubani uYesu?) Omncinci wethu uneminyaka emi-3 ubudala kwaye akakabikho okwangoku, kodwa siyazibuza ukuba kuya kuba bubulumko ukuqhubeka nokubhiyozela iKrisimesi.
Besisoloko siyichaza njengento eyenziwa ngutamkhulu notatomkhulu kunye nokuba sonwabile ukubanceda babhiyoze, kodwa ukuba siyintsapho yamaJuda. Luthini uluvo lwakho? Intsapho yamaJuda kufuneka iqhubane njani neKrisimesi, ngakumbi xa iKrisimesi iyimveliso enjalo ngexesha leholide? (Ayisiyonto kangako kuHanukkah.) Andifuni abantwana bam bazive ngathi bayalahleka. Kwakhona iKrisimesi ibisoloko iyinxalenye ebalulekileyo yemibhiyozo yomtshato weKrisimesi yomyeni wam kwaye ndicinga ukuba angaziva elusizi ukuba abantwana bakhe abakhuleli ngenkumbulo yeKrisimesi.
Impendulo kaRabi
Ndikhule kunye namaKatolika aseJamani kwindawo ehlangeneyo yeSixeko saseNew York. Njengomntwana, ndandidla ngokunceda umakazi wam "owamkelekileyo" u-Edith kunye noMalume uWillie ukuhombisa umthi wabo ngorhatya lwasemva kweKrisimesi kwaye kulindeleke ukuba bachithe intsasa yeKrisimesi ekhaya. Isipho sabo seKrisimesi kum sihlala sifana: ubhaliso lonyaka omnye kwi-National Geographic. Emva kokuba utata ephinde watshata (ndandineminyaka eli-15 ubudala), ndachitha iiKrismesi ezimbalwa nentsapho yakowama-Methodist kumama wesibini kwezinye iidolophu.
Ngobusuku beKrisimesi, uMalumekazi uEdie, owayene-padst yakhe yendalo kunye nentshebe egqunywe likhephu, wadlala uSanta Claus wabulisa kwitrone ephezulu kwidolophu yabo iHook-kunye neLadder xa wayehamba kwizitrato ze-Centreport NY. Ndandisazi, ndiyithanda kwaye ndiyiphosile eyona Santa Santaus ethile.
Abasebukhweni bakho abakuceli kunye nosapho lwakho ukuba uye ecaweni ngeKrisimesi kunye nabo kwaye abayenzi inkohliso yobuKristu ngabantwana bakho. Kubonakala ngathi abazali bomyeni wakho bafuna nje ukwabelana nothando kunye novuyo abaziva xa usapho lwabo luhlangana ekhayeni labo ngeKrisimesi. Le yinto elungileyo kunye nentsikelelo enkulu efanele ukwamkelwa kwakho ngokungathandabuzekiyo nangokungathandabuzekiyo! Ubomi abufane bukunike ixesha elityebileyo nelifundisekayo nabantwana bakho.
Njengoko kufuneka kwaye njengoko behlala besenza, abantwana bakho baya kukubuza imibuzo emininzi malunga neKrisimesi ngogogo nomakhulu. Ungazama into enje:
“SingamaYuda, umakhulu notatomkhulu bangamaKristu. Siyakuthanda ukuya kwikhaya labo kwaye sithanda ukwabelana ngeKrisimesi kunye nabo njengoko bethanda ukuza ekhayeni lethu ukuze babelane ngePasika nathi. Iinkolo neenkcubeko zahlukile kwezinye. Xa sikumakhaya abo, siyayithanda kwaye siyayihlonipha into abayenzayo kuba siyabathanda kwaye siyabahlonipha. Benza okufanayo xa besendlwini yethu. "
Xa ubuze ukuba uyakholelwa na kuSanta okanye akakholelwa, baxelele inyani ngokwemeko abanokuyiqonda. Yigcine ilula, ithe ngqo kwaye inyanisekile. Nantsi impendulo yam:
“Ndiyakholelwa ukuba izipho zivela kuthando esinalo omnye komnye. Ngamanye amaxesha izinto ezintle zenzeka kuthi ngendlela esiyiqondayo, ngamanye amaxesha izinto ezintle ziyenzeka kwaye ziyimfihlakalo. Ndiyayithanda imfihlakalo kwaye ndihlala ndisithi "Enkosi uThixo!" Kwaye, andikholelwa kuSanta Claus, kodwa amaKristu amaninzi ayakholelwa. Umakhulu notatomkhulu bangamaKristu. Bayayihlonipha into endikholelwa kuyo kwaye bayayihlonipha into abakholelwa kuyo. Andihambi ndibaxelela ukuba andivumelani nabo. Ndiyabathanda kakhulu kunokuba ndivumelana nabo.
Endaweni yoko, ndifumana iindlela zokwabelana ngezithethe zethu ukuze sikwazi ukukhathalelana nokuba sikholelwa kwizinto ezahlukeneyo. "
Ngamafutshane, abakhwe bakho babelana ngothando lwabo kuwe nakusapho lwakho ngeKrisimesi ekhayeni labo. Ubume bentsapho yakho yobuJuda ngumsebenzi wendlela ophila ngayo kwiintsuku ezingama-364 eziseleyo zonyaka. IKrismesi kunye nabazala bakho inamandla okufundisa abantwana bakho uxabiso olunzulu ngehlabathi lethu leenkcubeko kunye neendlela ezininzi ezahlukeneyo abantu abakhokelela kwiNgcwele.
Unokufundisa abantwana bakho ngaphezulu kokunyamezelana. Ungabafundisa ukwamkelwa.
Malunga noRabbi Marc Disick
URabbi uMarc L. Disick DD uphumelele e-SUNY-Albany ngo-1980 enesidanga kwi-Judaic, Rhetoric kunye noNxibelelwano. Wayehlala kwa-Israyeli kunyaka wakhe weJunior, efunda e-UAHC yeKholeji yoNyaka yeKholeji eKibbutz Ma'aleh HaChamisha nakunyaka wakhe wokuqala wezifundo zoorabhi kwiKholeji yoMbutho wamaHebhere eJerusalem. Ngexesha lezifundo zakhe zorabi, uDisick wasebenza iminyaka emibini njengomfundisi kwiYunivesithi yasePrinceton kwaye wagqiba izifundo zeMasters kwiMfundo yamaJuda kwiYunivesithi yaseNew York ngaphambi kokuya kwiKholeji ye-Hebrew Union eNew York apho wamiselwa khona Ngo-1986.