Le'avdil ben malahim le'hamorim ama Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz (Malah) ve ben (hamor) Yahudi kimdir sorusuna ayni sekilde yanit veriyormusuz.
Yahudiligi bir aile olarak tanimliyor Rabbi Steinsaltz.
Ben de bunun altini bir cok yazismalarimda cizmistim:
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Ben irk kelimesine katilmiyorum. Her zaman dedigim gibi Yahudilik bir ailedir benim icin. Bu aileye de baska "irklardan" gelin ve damat kabul ederiz her zaman. Bir kere o aileye gelin veya damat olursa , ailenin bir parcasidir isterse MR Spock gibi kulaklari olsun. david |
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Yahudiligi alt katagorilere ayirmak olasi mi? Yahudilik'i irk olarak , uydurma bir kelime olan "Musevilik"'i din olarak ayirmak mumkun mu? Oncelikle biz neden kendimizi baska lisanlarda degisik sartlara cevap olarak uretilen kelimeler ile tanimlyalim ki? Yahudilik'i bir irk olarak tanimlayan "asimilasyon"un en son mertebesi olarak tanimlanabilecek karisik evliliklere neden karsi cikabilir? Irkinin safligini kaybetmek ise korkusu, bu onu dupeduz "kafatasci bir irkci" haline sokacaktir. Yahudi irkinin karismamasi gerektigini savunan bir kimse ,olaya sadece irk penceresinden bakiyorsa durum cok tehlikelidir. Yahudiligin tek ve en bas referansi vardir. Tora. Tora'da Yahudi hic bir yerde irk olarak gecmez. Sadece bir din olarak ta gecmez. Benim biz Yahudi'leri en iyi. tanimlayan yapinin. AILE olduguna. inaniyorum. Bu ailede de her aiede oldugu gibi her turlu insan olabiliyor. Isterse dindar olur, isterse kendini kurbaga olarak gorur,isterse de ateistim der. Ama yine bu ailenin bir parcasidir. Bu aileye disardan gelin , damat geldimi aninda o ailenin bir ferdi olur. Yani "giyur" prosesinden gecmis (detaylar yine aile icinde tartisilabilir) gelin veya damat aninda Yahudi ailesinin bir parcasi olur. Bu yeni kardesimize yok sen Musevi'sin, ben Yahudiyim mi diyebiliriz. Hayir. Aynen o da hepimiz gibi Pesah aksami " avadim ayinu" der, dualarinda " Elo-kay ve Elo-key Avotay" der. Aynen bir ailede ( normal duzende isleyen) bir damatin veya gelinin kayinpederine baba ve kayinvaldesine anne diyebilmesi gibi. Bu noktadan itibaren o da hepimiz gibi Yahudi inancinin ana sarti olan "serbest secim" hakki ile kendi kendinden sorumludur. Evet bu ailenin kurulusu ve sonrasinda bazi temel uygulamalari kabul etmis ve bunlari ailenin sartlari arasina koymusuz. Aileye girmek isteyen de buna tabii . Japonya'da veya Israil'de yasayan iki Yahudi arasinda irksal farklar olabilir.Ama ikisi de ayni ailenin efradidirlar, hatta biri Haredi digeri Hiloni olsa dahi. Ikisi arasinda ayirim yapan irkci bir ayirim yapiyor olacaktir. Ayni ayirimi Ashkenaz kardeslerimiz icin bile yapacak kadar ileri dahi goturebilir bi dusunce.Veya Yemenli veya Etiyoyali veya Hintli... Bir de son 60 sene ortaya atilan bir kimlik daha var. Bu kimlikte bazilari tarafindan "vatandaslik" konteksinden cikartilip ayirimciliga kadar kullanilabiliyor. "Israilli" olmak. Bu bir devlete aidat'tan fazlasini belirleyemez. Ama Ramat Aviv'deki Israil'li Yahudi ile Brooklyn'deki Amerika'li Yahudi ayni ailenin mensuplaridirlar. Inkar etmek gaflettir, aileyi bolmektir ve bir noktada irkciliga varacaktir. Yahudi = hepimizin mensup oldugu aile Musevi = zirva,sonradan uydurma Israilli = sonradan cikma bir kimlik , vatandaslik belirttigi surece zararsiz, ileri goturulurse zirvadan da beter Selamlarla
Asagida Rabbi Steinsaltz'in bugun gozume carpan tanimini okuyabilirsiniz:
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---We are not a perfect family, but we are a real family---
What does it mean to identify oneself as a Jew?
As a rabbi, as someone who is, one might say, a Jew by profession, I have given a fair amount of thought to this issue.
The most obvious first answer, I believe, is that a person is a Jew by religion.
In fact, that is a hard argument to make, as odd as it may seem. There is no basic set of meaningful principles on which all Jews would agree. And there are huge variations in both practice and belief.
Are Jews members of a race? This is clearly not the case. Jews come in every color and exhibit every combination of ethnic features.
Do Jews belong to a nation? Following the involuntary exile inflicted on us many centuries ago, the notion of Jews as a people living in one place, speaking one language, or even sharing one culture does not fit.
Even linguistically, we are splintered. Hebrew is our official language, the language of the land of Israel and of our sacred texts, but many Jews have no knowledge of it at all.
What we are is a family. We are the biological or, in the case of converts, the spiritual children of the House of Israel.
We are connected to one another, whether or not we agree with one another, whether or not we even like one another. We are not a perfect family, but we are a real family. We are all proud when one of us does well and embarrassed when one of us does badly. And as much as we may argue among ourselves, we are always there to defend or assist one another. - Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz
What does it mean to identify oneself as a Jew?
As a rabbi, as someone who is, one might say, a Jew by profession, I have given a fair amount of thought to this issue.
The most obvious first answer, I believe, is that a person is a Jew by religion.
In fact, that is a hard argument to make, as odd as it may seem. There is no basic set of meaningful principles on which all Jews would agree. And there are huge variations in both practice and belief.
Are Jews members of a race? This is clearly not the case. Jews come in every color and exhibit every combination of ethnic features.
Do Jews belong to a nation? Following the involuntary exile inflicted on us many centuries ago, the notion of Jews as a people living in one place, speaking one language, or even sharing one culture does not fit.
Even linguistically, we are splintered. Hebrew is our official language, the language of the land of Israel and of our sacred texts, but many Jews have no knowledge of it at all.
What we are is a family. We are the biological or, in the case of converts, the spiritual children of the House of Israel.
We are connected to one another, whether or not we agree with one another, whether or not we even like one another. We are not a perfect family, but we are a real family. We are all proud when one of us does well and embarrassed when one of us does badly. And as much as we may argue among ourselves, we are always there to defend or assist one another. - Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz
