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Image: Digits create a visual pattern stretching out to infinity. (geralt/pixabay) Anyone who studies Judaism for more than ten minutes will notice that Jews do not agree on much about God except that whatever God is, is One. Some Jews think of God in very personal terms. Some Jews believe in God in only the most abstract terms. And some Jews do not believe in God at all. This puzzles outsiders, who think that we should at least agree on theology. How can Jews say we are one faith when we have multiple theologies? The way I like to explain this is to point to one of our most important prayers. It is called the Tefilah [“the Prayer,”] or the Amidah [“Standing,” because we stand when we say it] or the Shmoneh Esray [“18” even though there are 19 parts to it.] It starts with a blessing the prayer books label Avot [“Fathers.”] Here is the egalitarian version: Blessed are You, Eternal our God, God of our fathers and mothers, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, God of Sarah, God of Rebecca, God of Rachel, and God of Leah; the God, the Great, the Mighty and the Awesome, God of Gods, who bestows kindness, who creates everything, remembering the love of our fathers and mothers, and bringing redemption to their children’s children for the sake of the Divine Name. Sovereign, Deliverer, Helper and Shield, Blessed are You, Eternal One, Sarah’s Helper, and Abraham’s Shield. – my translation of the Hebrew version in Mishkan Tefilah, p76. If you look closely, you’ll see that there’s a passage in there that seems awfully redundant: God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, God of Sarah, God of Rebecca, God of Rachel, and God of Leah Centuries ago, a rabbi asked, “Why do we say the prayer that way? Why not “God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob”? (He was too early to be interested in an egalitarian version.) The answer the other rabbis gave was that each of the patriarchs (and matriarchs) had their own relationships with and perceptions about God. They did not all experience God in the same way. Abraham had regular conversations with God. Sarah only met God once, and she got in trouble for laughing. The same with the other patriarchs and matriarchs; they each encountered God in different ways and degrees. So it is with us modern-day Jews. Belief, for us, is a bit of a side-trip anyway. The essence of Torah is doing. As Hillel said when he was asked to teach Torah standing on one foot: That which is hateful to you do not do to others. This is the whole of the Torah, the rest is commentary. Go and study. – Shabbat 31a
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बकरीद पर्व मनाइँदै इस्लाम धर्मावलम्बीकोे महान चाड बकरीद (ईद उल अजहा) बुधबार मनाइँदै छ । बकरीद पर्व रमजान अर्थात् इदुलफित्र पछिको दोस्रो ठूलो चाड हो । रमजान पर्वको ७० औँ दिनमा मनाउने यो पर्वमा आर्थिकरुपमा सबल मानिस हज गर्न साउदी अरबको मक्का मदिना जाने गर्छन् । यस पर्वमा अल्लालाई खुशी पार्न मुसलमानले धर्मले जायज मानेका जनावरलाई कुर्बानी (बली) दिने गर्दछन् । धार्मिक मान्यताअनुसार अल्लाका नवी(दूत) इब्राहिम अलि सलामले ९० वर्षको उमेरमा पत्नी हाजराबाट प्राप्त गरेको सन्तान छोरा इस्माईललाई कुर्बानी गर्नुपर्ने आदेशलाई पालना गर्दा अल्लाह प्रशन्न भएर इस्माईलको कुर्बानी नभएर स्वर्ग(जनन्त) मा पालिएका दुम्बाको कुर्बानी भएको धार्मिक मान्यतालाई अहिलेसम्म कुर्बानी गर्ने प्रचलनलाई कायम राखेको पाइएको छ । निसन्तान इब्राहिमले सन्तान प्राप्तिका लागि अल्लासँग मनन्नत मागेका थिए र भनेका थिए यदि अल्लाहले मलाई सन्तानको सुख दियो भने म कुर्बानी गर्छु । सोहीअनुरुप अल्लाहले निजको परीक्षणस्वरुप सपनामा कुर्बानी गर्नु पर्छभन्दा उनले धेरै जनावर कुर्बानी त गरे तर अल्लााह खुशी भएको थिएन । अन्तिममा उनले आफ्ना सबैभन्दा प्यारा छोरालाई नै कुर्बानी गरी अल्लाहलाई राजी गर्न चाहेका थिए । यस घडीमा उनको परीक्षण सफल सावित भएपछि कुर्बानी गर्ने स्थानमा मानिसको होइन, त्यही जन्नतमा पालिएर आएका दुम्बाको कुर्बानी(बलि) भएको थियो । कुर्बानीको मासु तीन भागमा बाँडी वितरण गरिन्छ । एक भाग गरिब एवं विपन्न परिवारलाई एक आफ्ना आफ्ना इष्टमित्रलाई र अर्को भाग आफू खानुपर्ने धार्मिक मान्यता छ । बुधबार पर्व मनाउनका लागि मुसलमानले सबै किसिमका तयारीमा जुटेका छन् । हामीलाई तपाईंहरूको सल्लाह र सुझाव दिनुहोला जसले गर्दा हामीले यो विकास पत्रकारिता, लेखन र साहित्यको क्षेत्रमा अझ राम्रो गर्न सकौं । यहाँहरूका लेख तथा रचनाहरु छन् भने पनि हामीलाई पठाउनुहोला । छापिन योग्य रचनाहरू हामी छाप्ने छौं ।सम्पर्क इमेल : sendyourarticle@samayasamachar.com