Ingabe amaJuda Angawugubha UKhisimusi?
Mina nomyeni wami sicabange okuningi ngoKhisimusi noHanukkah kulo nyaka futhi singathanda ukuba nombono wakho ngendlela engcono kakhulu yokubhekana noKhisimusi njengomndeni wamaJuda ophila emphakathini wamaKristu.
Umyeni wami uvela emndenini wamaKristu futhi besilokhu siya endlini yabazali bakhe ukuyogubha uKhisimusi. Ngivela emndenini wamaJuda, ngakho sasihlala sigubha uHanukkah ekhaya. Esikhathini esidlule akuzange kungikhathaze ukuthi izingane zivezwa nguKhisimusi ngoba zisencane kakhulu ukuthi zingasiqonda isithombe esikhulu - ikakhulukazi lokhu bekubona umndeni kanye nokugubha elinye iholide. Manje ingane yami endala ineminyaka emi-5 ubudala futhi iqala ukubuza ngoSanta Claus (uSanta Claus uletha nezipho zikaHanukkah? Ungubani uJesu?) Umncane wethu uneminyaka engu-3 futhi akakabikhona ngokugcwele, kodwa siyazibuza ukuthi ngabe kungaba ukuhlakanipha ukuqhubeka nokugubha uKhisimusi.
Besilokhu sikuchaza njengokuthile okwenziwa ngugogo nomkhulu nokuthi siyajabula ukubasiza bagubhe, kodwa ukuthi siwumndeni wamaJuda. Uyini umbono wakho? Umndeni wamaJuda kufanele usebenzelane kanjani noKhisimusi, ikakhulukazi lapho uKhisimusi ungumkhiqizo onjalo ngesikhathi samaholide? (Hhayi kakhulu uHanukkah.) Angifuni izingane zami zizizwe sengathi ziyalahleka. Futhi, ngoKhisimusi bekulokhu kuyingxenye ebalulekile yemikhosi kaKhisimusi yomyeni wami futhi ngicabanga ukuthi angadabuka uma izingane zakhe zingakhuli ngenkumbulo kaKhisimusi.
Impendulo kaRabi
Ngakhulela eduze kwamaKatolika angamaJalimane edolobhaneni elixubekile laseNew York City. Ngiseyingane, ngasiza umamncane wami "ongizalayo" u-Edith kanye noMalume uWillie ukuhlobisa isihlahla sabo ngo-Christmas Eve ntambama futhi kulindeleke ukuthi basichithe ekuseni ngoKhisimusi endlini yabo. Isipho sabo sikaKhisimusi besihlala sifana kimi: ukubhaliswa konyaka owodwa kwi-National Geographic. Ngemuva kokushada nobaba wami (ngangineminyaka engu-15), ngachitha uKhisimusi nomndeni kamama wami ongumama ongizalayo emadolobheni athile.
Ngobusuku bukaKhisimusi, uMalume u-Eddie, owayene-padding yakhe yemvelo nentshebe embozwe yiqhwa, wayedlala indawo kaSanta Claus ebingelela esihlalweni sobukhosi ngaphezu kweHok-and-Ladder yedolobha labo lapho ehamba emigwaqweni yaseCentralport NY. Bengazi, ngithanda futhi ngiphuthelwe ngempela yiSanta Claus ethile.
Okhokho bakho kabaceli wena nomndeni wakho ukuthi niye nabo esontweni likakhisimusi futhi futhi abazenzi izinkolelo zobuKristu ngezingane zakho. Kubukeka sengathi abazali bendoda yakho bamane bafuna ukuhlanganyela uthando nenjabulo abayizwayo lapho umndeni wabo uhlangana ekhaya labo ngoKhisimusi. Le yinto enhle nesibusiso esikhulu esifanelwe ukwamukelwa kwakho okungalingani nokungalingani! Impilo ngeke ikunikeze isikhashana esicebile futhi esinokufundiseka ngaso nezingane zakho.
Njengoba kufanele futhi njengoba benza njalo, izingane zakho zizokubuza imibuzo eminingi ngoKhisimusi njengogogo nomkhulu. Ungazama into enjengale:
“SingamaJuda, ugogo nomkhulu singamaKristu. Siyakuthanda ukuya endlini yabo futhi sithanda ukuxoxa nabo ngoKhisimusi njengoba nje nabo bethanda ukuza endlini yethu bezokwabelana nathi ngama-Easter. Izinkolo namasiko ahlukile komunye. Lapho sisekhaya labo, siyakuthanda futhi siyakuhlonipha abakwenzayo ngoba siyabathanda futhi siyabahlonipha. Benza okufanayo nalapho besekhaya. "
Lapho ubuzwa ukuthi uyakholelwa yini kuSanta noma cha, ubatshele iqiniso ngokwemibandela abangayiqonda. Yigcine ilula, iqonde futhi ithembekile. Nayi impendulo yami:
“Ngikholwa ukuthi izipho zivela othandweni esinalo ngomunye nomunye. Kwesinye isikhathi izinto ezinhle zenzeka kithina ngendlela esiqonda ngayo, kwezinye izikhathi izinto ezinhle ziyenzeka futhi kube yimfihlakalo. Ngiyayithanda imfihlakalo futhi ngihlala ngithi "Ngiyabonga uNkulunkulu!" Futhi cha, angikholelwa kuSanta Claus, kodwa amaKristu amaningi ayakholelwa. Ugogo nomkhulu bangamaKristu. Bayakuhlonipha engikukholelwayo futhi bayahlonipha nalokho abakukholelwayo. Angihambanga ngibatshela ukuthi angivumelani nabo. Ngibathanda kakhulu kunokuba ngivumelana nabo.
Esikhundleni salokho, ngithola izindlela zokwabelana ngamasiko ethu ukuze sikwazi ukunakekelana noma ngabe sikholelwa ezintweni ezahlukene. "
Ngamafuphi, abazali bakho abathandana nawe bathande uthando lwakho ngomndeni wakho ngoKhisimusi ekhaya labo. Ubunikazi bamaJuda bomndeni wakho ngumsebenzi wokuthi uphila kanjani ezinsukwini ezingama-364 ezisele zonyaka. UKhisimusi nabasekhweni bakho banamandla okufundisa izingane zakho ukwazisa okujulile komhlaba wethu onamasiko amaningi nezindlela eziningi ezahlukahlukene abantu abaholela kuzo ezingcwele.
Ungafundisela izingane zakho okungaphezu kokubekezelela. Ungabafundisa ukwamukelwa.
Mayelana neRabi Marc Disick
URabbi Marc L. Disick DD waphothula eSUNY-Albany ngonyaka ka-1980 uneziqu ku-Judaic, Rhetoric and Communication. Uhlale kwa-Israyeli unyaka wakhe omncane, efunda e-UAHC College Year Academy e-Kibbutz Ma'aleh HaChamisha kanye nonyaka wakhe wokuqala wezifundo zorabi e-Hebrew Union College e-Jerusalem. Ngesikhathi ezifundweni zakhe zorabi, uDisick wasebenza iminyaka emibili njengombhishobhi wasePrinceton University futhi waqeda izifundo zeMasters in Jewish Education eNew York University ngaphambi kokuya kwiCommon Union College eNew York lapho abethelwa khona 1986.