Mayelana nokuzimisela ukushiya indawo okhululeke kuyo ukuze uthole iZwi likaNkulunkulu. Ibhalwe nguRichard Elofer

Rabi U-Yaakov Dovid Wilovsky, waziwa ngo I-Ridvaz (ephinyiselwa: Ridwaas), wayenempilo ejabulisa kakhulu. Wazalelwa eLithuania ngo-1845 futhi kamuva wahlala eChicago isikhathi esithile ngaphambi kokuthuthela Eretz Israel wathuthela kwelinye izwe futhi wachitha impilo yakhe yonke Tzefat wayehlala enyakatho yeGalile.

Ngelinye ilanga kwangena indoda isikole (Yiddish for synagogue) eTzefat futhi wayibona I-Ridvaz Ahlale phansi akhale kabuhlungu. Indoda yagijima yaya ku I-Ravukuze abone ukuthi angamsiza yini. “Kwenzenjani?” ebuza ngokukhathazeka. “Lutho,” ephendula I-Ridvaz. "Kumane nje namuhla kuyi-yahrzeit (isikhumbuzo sokushona kukababa)."

Yamangala lendoda. Ubaba ka I-Ridvaz kumelwe ukuba wafa eminyakeni engaphezu kwengxenye yekhulu edlule. Kwenzeka kanjani ukuthi umaRavu akhale izinyembezi ezibuhlungu kangaka ngelunga lomndeni elashona kudala?

“Ngakhala,” echaza I-Ridvaz, “ngoba ngangicabanga ngothando olujulile lukababa ngoTorah.”

der I-Ridvaz wabonisa lolu thando esebenzisa isigameko:

Lapho ngineminyaka eyisithupha ubudala, ubaba waqasha uthisha ozimele ukuba afunde nami iTorah. Izifundo zahamba kahle, kodwa ubaba wayempofu kakhulu futhi ngemva kwesikhashana wayengasakwazi ukukhokhela uthisha.

“Ngelinye ilanga uthisha wangithumela ekhaya nencwadi. Lathi sekuphele izinyanga ezimbili ubaba engakhokhi lutho. Wanikeza ubaba isiphetho: Ukube ubaba akazange aqhamuke nemali, uthisha ngeshwa ubengeke esakwazi ukunginika izifundo. Ubaba wadumala. Ngempela wayengenayo imali yalutho ngaleso sikhathi, futhi ngokuqinisekile wayengenayo umfundisi ozimele. Kodwa naye akakwazanga ukubekezelela umcabango wokuthi ngiyeke ukufunda.

Ngalobo busuku e- isikole ubaba wezwa indoda ecebile ikhuluma nomngane wayo. Uthe ubesakhela umkhwenyana wakhe umuzi omusha futhi akakwazi nokuthola izitini ezisa umlilo. Yilokho kuphela ubaba ayedinga ukukuzwa. Waphuthuma ekhaya futhi wadiliza ngokucophelela ushimula wendlu yethu, isitini ngasinye. Khona-ke wawanikeza amatshe endodeni ecebile, eyasikhokhela imali eningi.

Ejabule, ubaba waya kuthisha wamkhokhela iholo lanyanga zonke elalisele nelezinyanga eziyisithupha ezalandela.

“Ngisabukhumbula kahle lobo busika obubandayo,” eqhubeka I-Ridvaz waqhubeka. »Ngaphandle kweziko asikwazanga ukubasa futhi umndeni wonke uhlukumezekile ngenxa yamakhaza.

Kodwa ubaba wayeqiniseka ngokuqinile ukuthi wayenze isinqumo esihle ngokombono webhizinisi. Ekugcineni, konke ukuhlupheka kwakufanele uma kwakusho ukuthi ngingafunda iTorah.«Kusuka: Iphephandaba leShabbat Shalom, 755, November 18, 2017, 29. Cheshvan 5778
Umshicileli: World Jewish Adventist Friendship Centre

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