Friday, June 10, 2022

Parashat Beha'alotkha 5782

 Yossi Lhungdim

BEHA’ALOTKHA, 5782

Le’ilui Nishmat Avner Ben Avraham, Khana Lhanghal Bat Sarah, Ngahlhing Bat Sarah ve’Shifra Bat Zimra. Tihyeh Nishmatam Tzrorah Bitzror Hakhayim

וַיֹּאמֶר אַל־נָא תַּעֲזֹב אֹתָנוּ כִּי  עַל־כֵּן יָדַעְתָּ חֲנֹתֵנוּ בַּמִּדְבָּר וְהָיִיתָ לָּנוּ לְעֵינָיִם

Vayyomer al na ta’azov otanu ki al-ken yadata khanotenu bamidbar vehayita lanu le’einayim

(Ajah a hitin asei e, “lungset in neidalhah hih uvin; gamthip-gam a hin hoilai mun’a ngahmun kisem leh hoi em ti nahe in, keiho ding in mit/lamhil in pang in “…)~ Bamidbar 10:31

Achanu Tzipporah le atupa teni – Gershon le Eliezer ahin pui’a, Moshe Rabbeinu heng’a ahin nungthah nung, chuleh amatah in jong Giur abol nung in Yitro chu agam lang’a kinung’le ding in akigong tai. Tuchung Parasha ivet leh chuche pet chun Moshe Rabbeinu in Yitro heng’a hitin thumna ananei e: lungset in neidalhah hih uvin; gamthip-gam a hin hoilai mun’a ngahmun kisem leh hoi em ti nahe in, keiho ding in mit/lamhil (guide) in pang in.

Hilai mun’a Moshe Rabbeinu le Yitro kikah a kihoulimna hi ivet leh lungdon umtah chu Yitro in Am Israel te adalhahlou na ding’a  ipi atileh Moshe Rabbeinu chu aheng’a tao a hintem?

Hiche hi lungdon aum leh hetthiem ahahsatna chu adang ahipo’n hiti ahi. Yitro chun Giur ahung bol’a P-thien namlhen – Am Israel techu ahung bel’a ahitah leh koima dang hilou’a ama phatchomna ding hi’a ahi. Chuna ban’a gamthip-gam a chu Am Israel te toh akilhon le’a ahileh Moshe Rabbeinu kamcheng tah’a kuon P-thien thuhing Torah chu angai’a, ajil jing ding a ahi’n, chuche khel’a mantam ding hiche leiset a ipi um tan tem? Chubep hilou’a P-thien in Am Israel te ding’a thil loupi tamtah abol ho jong amit-tah’a amu jing ding ahikit in ahi. Phatecha igelleh Yitro in Am Israel te adalhah a, agam lang anungjot kit’a ahileh thilpha tamtah alhaso ding tina ahiye. Chuti ahileh ipi ding’a Yitro in Am Israel te adalhahlou na ding’a Moshe Rabbeinu in ajah’a athum a hintem? 

Rashi Hakadosh in Sifrei lekhabu a Khazal ho thusei pansan’a aseina a Moshe Rabbeinu in Yitro heng’a Am Israel te adalhahlou na ding’a thumna anei (request abol) hi adang ahipo’n nampi-vaipi ho’n Yitro thilbol chu aselang’a agellou na ding u ahi ti ahiye. Yitro chun Am Israel te gamthip-gam a aumpet uvin dalha hen lang agamlang kinung jot taleh namtin-vaipi hochun hitahi asei ding uva ahi,”Israel te P-thien angailut jaal’a Giur abol ham kiti anahipoi. Nei-le-gou dei jeh man anahibou e. Israel chate Canaan gam alhun uva, agam ahung kihop tieng uleh Ger ho’n jong chanmun anei tei ding u ti’a anagel a ahi’n. Hinlah gam-le-go kihopna’a Ger ho’n chanmun aneipouve ti ahetphat a tua hi agam lang akinung jot a ahitai “.  

Rabbi Eliyahu Mizrachi, Hare’m in hilai mun’a Rashi Hakadosh hilchetna toh kisai hin hiti’n hilchetna apeson kit e.  Yitro in Giur ahung bol chun namtin-vaipi in aveu vin kidang anasa uve. Avoda Zara jouse anahou a, milim-semthu houho thiempu-chungnung a anapang Yitro in hiche milim-semthu ho adalhah a, P-thien shchina agabel jieng chu akoi jouse mitvet’a Kiddush Hashem loupi tah mai, atekah pi thei umlou khop anahiye. Hinlah tu’n gamthip-gam a umlai Israel chate chu dalha taleh Rashi Hakadosh seibang’a namtin-vaipi hochun aselang tah’a agel diu , chu’a kuon a chu Khillul Hashem sohdoh ding a ahi. Chuti ahijeh a Moshe Rabbeinu in jong Yitro heng’a chu Am Israel te adalhahlou na ding’a athum/angeh a ahiye.   

 Chujong leh Egypt gam’a sohchanna kuon Am Israel te ahung potdoh ding u chun P-thien in Moshe Rabbeinu heng’a thumna/ngehna ana nei in, hitin asei e “Israel chate heng’a lungset tah in seipeh in lang, akoi-akoi in a-inheng hou Egypt mite kom’a nei-le-gou kilah cheh uhen”. Ahileh tu’n veleu hen, Am Israel te’n Egypt te’a kuon nei-le-gou akilah uva ahileh koima dang hilou’a amaho phatchuomna ding hi’a ahi. CHuti ahileh ipi ding’a P-thien in Moshe Rabbeinu heng’a chu thumna/ngehna anei a hintem (Tidan chu request abol jong ngailou, Egypt mite a kuon chun nei-le-gou kilah uvin ti’a aseipeh jieng thei a ahi)? Ajehchu, ihetsa ma bang uva, adang ahipo’n ijou khat leh Avraham Avinu chun “hesoh-genthei thoh a soh-le-sal a naa agatoh diu bou P-thien in asubulhit in nei-le-gou tamtah toh hungdoh ding uva ahi tichu P-thien in asubulhit poi” ti’n gelkhel kha’n te ti ahiye. 

Chuma bang’a hilai’a Yitro in Am Israel te adalhah kigot chungchang jong ivet’a ahileh Am Israel te toh gamthip-gam a akilhon jing’a chu koidang hilou’a Yitro ding’a thilpha hi’a ahi. Agam lang’a akinung leh iseima bang uva thilpha tamtah achaan ding ahimai e. Hinlah chuti chun Yitro in bol taleh namtin-vaipi ho’n agelkhel diu, khilul Hashem pengdoh ding ahi. Hitobang thil asolouna ding’a Moshe Rabbeinu injong Yitro heng’a chu Am Israel te dalhah in ti’a thumna/ngehna anei a ahiye.

Ahileh hichu khat ahita’n. Tu’n Yitro heng’a Moshe Rabbeinu in ngehna anei toh kisai’a akamcheng ho veleuhen, hilai mun’a jong hi kushiya adirah – hetthiem hahsa tah mai khat mudoh in aum thei kit e. Tuchung Parasha ngei-ngei a jong Torah in iti ahin sut em - gamthip-gam a anavaitham sung uva chu Israel chate iti anakitol lele uva, iti ngahmun anasem ji uva ham itileh ananei hakavod/amud anan, tichu meibol-lom kitol dungjui’a chu anakitol uva, akingahna mun-mun a chu ngahmun anasem jiuva ahi. Chuti ahileh ipi ding’a Moshe Rabbeinu in Yitro heng’a chu “ gamthip-gam a hin hoilai mun’a ngahmun kisem leh hoi em ti nahe in, keiho ding in mit/lamhil (guide) in pang in “ ati hintem? Ivet a ahleh Yitro bei’a chu ngahmun kisem dan boi pha ding toh kilou jo jen a ahi.  

Mefarshim khenkhat in hiche toh kisai’a hilchetna apehna uva hitin asei uve “keiho ding in mit in pang in” kiti chu adang ahipo’n Moshe Rabbeinu heng’a thumop ananei’a, mipi chung’a vaihom ding iti asem a pha ham ti anaseipeh bang’a Israeal chate lah’a Yitro chu aum jing’a ahileh boina-hahsatna anei tieng uleh athumop ho a kuon Am Israel techu lamlhah le chaloh ding dan akommu peh thei’a, mipi’n ichan ham a aphatchuom pi ding, hichu “Am Israel te ding’a mit a pang” toh thakhat hi’a ahi ti ahiye. 

Langkhat a hiche i-kushiya u toh kisai hilchetna hoitah khat Shut Ginat Beitan kiti lekhabu sunpa, Rabbi Tankhum Gershon Bilitzky in anape e. Ama’n aseina a Moshe Rabbeinu in Yitro heng’a chu ipi atileh “keiho ding in mit in pang in” ti’a asei ham itileh adang jeh ahipo’n, Yitro a kuon Israel chaten mussar heskel phatah ajildoh jing theina ding u ahi ati. 

Ravpa’n aseina a Egypt gam’a kuon hungdoh ipu-ipa tehou chu bohna 49 jen gei analhung man uva anahiye. Chuti ahijeh chun hiche bohna pa’a kuon thiengsel a kikangse ding kiti chu thilbai ahipoi. Adehset a ta’avot ve’hana’ot gufaniot – tahsa nopsahna le leiset thil’a avum-avaal a lopna/kipehna ho’a kuon thengset a kikangse ding kiti chu thil hahsa tah mai ahi’n ahi. Tuchung Parasha jieng a jong hitin akiphin nalai uve: zakharnu eth hadagah asher nokhal bemitzrayim khinam (Egypt gam’a nga athon a kananeh hou chu kageldoh uve).

 Khazal hon aseinauva Egypt gam’a soh-le-sal a naa anatong a, sun-le-jaan jieng jong khentum umlou’a Egypt mite’n anagoi gim deh hochun hoilai mun’a sa-le-nga athon a ananeh uva hitachu asei uva hintem? Hilai mun’a kiphin ho’n “khinam - athon” atiu hi adang ahipo’n Egypt gam’a aumlai uva Mitzvot - thupeh ho’a kuon ana-ongthol pa’u aseina uva ahi. Tidan chu Torah ahung kipeh jou’a thupeh ho’n ahin kankhah phat uva hi neh-le-chah toh kisai thupeh ho jieng jong aning u kitel a, Egypt gam’a aumlai uva adei dan-dan uva anahin thei pauchu alhangai uva ahiye. Aneopen a sei ding’a neh-le-chah chungchang toh kisai thupeh le Halakha ho ima anaumlou lai’a amaho thoh-thoh a adu-du ananehthei pauchu nom asah uva, alhangai uva ahiye. Hichan gei’a chu ta’avah gufanit pachun tha anei jou’a ahi. 

Ahileh hitobang lhagao lang’a natna pachu iti thoidam ding hitan tem? Rabbi Tankhum Gershon Bilitzky in aseina a Egypt gam’a kuon hungdoh ipu-ipa tehou ding’a hitobang natna thoidamna thei ding lou chu koidang ahipo’n Yitro chu anahiye. Yitro chun, ihetsa ma bang uva, Avoda Zara jouse anahou’a, hiche milim-semthu houho ding’a thiempu-chungnung a anapang a ahinalai e. Igel’a ahileh bohna ichan in anatuom in, hiche leiset tahsa nopsahna le avum-avaal a lopna ho’a chun ichan in anakipe tadem, seilou a hetsa ahi. Hijieng jong leh hiche ho jouse chu adalha’n, hingjing P-thien, Am Israel te P-thien chu ahung bel in, P-thien thuhing Torah ve’Mitzvot ho’a chun apumpi in ahung kipedoh jieng in ahi. Chuti ahileh hitobang mihem, ahinkholui jouse dalha a Torah le Mitzvot toh kitoh a thiengsel a hinkho hung mang’a Yitro chu Am Israel te lah’a aum jing laise’n amaho’n jong Yitro a kuon kihilna anei uva ajildoh jing ding u, chuta chu ol-ol a hiche leiset nopsahna le kipopsetna ho’a kuon kikangse uva, achaina le Egypt gam’a aumlai uva “athon a ananeh u nga-le-sa ho” lhangaina anei’u jong chu thiengsel a adalhah thei ding uva ahitai. 

Rabbi Tankhum Gershon Bilitzky in aseina a Moshe Rabbeinu in Yitro heng’a “gamthip-gam a hin hoilai mun’a ngahmun kisem leh hoi em ti nahe in, keiho ding in mit/lamhil (guide) in pang in “  ti’a asei hi adang ahipo’n “tuchan keiho lah’a naum sung’a hi ichan a gamthip-gam a kitol lele hahsa em ti kicheh tah’a namu a ahita’n. Chuna ban’a hiche gamthip-gam a kitol lele ahahsatna dehset chu Egypt gam’a bohna ho jieng jong mipi ho’n alhangai nahlai jeh u ahiye. Chuti ahijeh chun keiho lah’a um inlang mit in pang in. Ajehchu mipi ho’n nang nahin mu tieng uleh athah beleh in kitilkhouna anei jiu vin, Median thiempu in bon a-inn alou jouse adalhah a hilai gamthip mun’a P-thien ahung bel thei leh eiho’n Egypt gam’a soh-inn a bohna ho ilhangai uva, kiphin ding uham ti’n mussar ajildoh jiuve. Kalah uva um in lang hilechun nang’a kuon in mipi ho mit hung kikeo ta’n te “ ti ahi.  

Achaina din i-sugiya u toh kisai tamlou hin belap leng. Gemara Masechet Kiddushin 70b mun a Khazal ho’n hitin asei uve: Kashim gerim le’Israel kesapakhat. Eipao’a sei ding hileh “Ger (convert) kiti chu Israel te ding’a maha hung kikhip pan toh ahahsat dan kibang a ahiye”. Ahileh ipi ding’a Khazal ho’n hilai mun’a hi giur hin bol khat chu aselang’a asei uva hintem? Rashi Hakadosh in aseina a ajehchu Torah le Mitzvot ho’a ahiding bang tah in akipe jou ji pouvin, amaho lhahsam jeh chun Israel te’n jong amaho umchan a kuon chun ahilou-lou ajildoh lo jiuvin ahi.

Langkhat a Giur hung kibol Talmid Khakham le Gedolei Hador tamtah aum kit e (vetsahna Onkelos, Shemaya le Avtalyon, Rabbi Akiva jieng jong anu le apa Ger, chule adang dang). Chuleh Yitro jong chu Giur bol ahi vang in Moshe Rabbeinu jieng in jong “Am Israel te ding in mit in pang in” ti’n Am Israel te adalhahlou na ding in athum nalai e.

Chuti ahileh tuchung Parasha le Gemara Masechet Kiddushin a Khazal ho thusei’a kuon jildoh thei chu Ger kiti chu ichan a loupi a, ichan a aheng-akom le achenkhompi Yehudi dang ho chung’a ichan a influence anei em ti mudoh thei ahi. Tichu mikhat chun Giur ahin bol hita, ahivang’a Torah le Mitzvot hochu ahiding bang’a angailut lou kalse a-Yehudi chankhompi dang ho’n ama’a kuon thilphalou tamtah ajildoh uva, hichu maha hung kikhip pan, phatseh a thah jing kei, khut thanop nop um jing; ikhut kit a ahileh natset lo toh thakhat ahiye. Theida umtah le hahsa tah ahi. Hinlah langkhat a Giur hin bol chun Torah le Mitzvot ho ahiding bang tah’a ahin jui’a, P-thein thuhing toh kilhakang lou hiel’a hinkho aman jing leh mijouse vetton a pang’a, tuchung Parasha a kisun bang’a Israel te ding’a amit u vahna a pang kit a ahi.

Isei nuom peh uchu, henge, thisan a vet ding’a nam vahmang Bnei Menashe ihinauve. Hinlah kumsang tamtah ivamang nung uva eiho Yehudi hina toh kisai din pahi Goy tobang ahitah toh kilhon a Yehudi ihina ding uva chu Giur ibol kit uva ngai a ahitai. Chuti ahileh 100 percent Ger tobang ihitauvin ahi. Chuti ahileh eiho ding’a Torah le Mitzvot toh kikangse lou hiel’a ihin jing uleh itoi jing uva kuon Am Israel te ding’a “mit a” ipan uchu poimo dehset a ahi. Chuti lou’a amin mai-mai a Giur ibol u anahikhah kalse KHazal ho sei bang’a maha hung kikhip pan, theida umtah le hahsa tah johchu, khas veshalom ihikhah ding uva ahiye. 

Bnei Menashe jouse Am Israel pumpi ding’a mit’a ipan thein a ding uvin P-thien in phatthei eiboh tauhen.

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