Umbhali kunye no-Oprah Winfrey ekhayeni lakhe eSanta Barbara, eCalifornia, nge-17 kaSeptemba 2015. Emva kokuhamba ndisuka kwa-Israyeli ndisiya eCalifornia enelanga, ndaya eSanta Barbara, apho ndafika ekugqibeleni kwelinye iLizwe Lesithembiso, okanye ke elo ligama elinikwe ikhaya elihle lika-Oprah elalilapho. Ndiyaqonda ukuba uvulele uluntu izihlandlo ezi-3 kuphela. Ndicinga ukuba u-3 linani lam elinethamsanqa. Ndisebenze u-Oprah ngo-2008 ndibamba inkqubo kanomathotholo yemihla ngemihla kwi-Oprah nakwi-Network Radio ye-Friends. Ndindwendwele kaninzi kumdlalo weTV onikezela ngomtshato, ukuba ngumzali kunye neengcebiso kubudlelwane. Wayesoloko efudumele kwaye enobubele kum kwaye xa umntwana wethu wethoba ezelwe wangena kwinkqubo yam kanomathotholo wathi, Halala, Rabi Shmuley. Ngoku uneqela lebaseball.
U-Oprah wandimema kunye nezinye iinkokeli zonqulo ekhayeni lakhe ukubonisa umdlalo wakhe kamabonakude odlala ku-OWN, iOprah Winfrey Network, ukuqala ngo-Okthobha. Kuyabizwa Inkolelo kwaye sabukela iziqendu ezibini. Babephefumla kamnandi kwaye amabali abantu ababesenza inkolo yabo ayeshukumisa kakhulu.
Abantu baseMelika banobudlelwane be-schizophrenic kunye nenkolo. Bayayifuna kwiicawa zabo, kwizindlu zesikhungu nakwiimoski. Kodwa hayi kwinkcubeko yabo edumileyo.
Masijongane nayo. Kubantu abaninzi namhlanje inkolo yinto yokubhokoxa ngokupheleleyo okanye yokubhonqa kakhulu. Ezingqondweni zabaninzi, ngunobangela wobunqolobi kunye neemfazwe zehlabathi. Igqwesa kwimidlalo yokomoya yento enye, ihlala ibanga ukuba inenyaniso ephezulu kunenkolo yomfana olandelayo. Inkolo iyabuthanda ubufanasini, ifuna ukulawula imizimba yabasetyhini, kwaye ikholelwa kwiintsomi ezingenasihlahla.
Inkolo namhlanje, xa iboniswa kumabonakude okuqala nakumajelo eendaba emihla ngemihla, idla ngokuboniswa njengenkqubo yokuphila yamandulo nengavakaliyo ekufuneka iphetshwe kwaye igculelwe. Layita URay Donovan kwaye uzakubona abefundisi bethembisa amakhwenkwe. Layita iAmazon entsha Isandla sikaThixo kwaye abaphathiswa bayarhwaphiliza kwaye bayakrexeza.
Umabonakude wanamhlanje ubonakala ngathi uzishiyile ngokupheleleyo izimvo kunye neenqobo ezisemgangathweni zonqulo kwaye wazithabathel 'indawo ngohlobo oluthile lobuntu, mhlawumbi ngokubhekisele kwinto yokomoya ngamanye amaxesha. Ngapha koko owam umabonwakude Shalom Ekhaya yabonwa njengengcamango eyandayo ngokuchanekileyo kuba yayijongana namaxabiso asetyenziswayo kubomi bosapho ngohlobo lweengcebiso ezivela kurabi malunga nendlela yokufaka ezo ngcamango ukuphucula ubudlelwane.
Kodwa naku kuza u-Oprah enoluvo lwenkolo kumabonwakude engazange yabonwa ngaphambili. Sibona ibali likaMendel, unyana womthunywa waseChabad eBudapest, osele eza kubethwa nge-bar mitzvahed. Uza njengobunzulu, onengqiqo, oqolileyo, kunye nokukhanya. Kwaye uneminyaka yonke eyi-13. Sibukele i-skateboarder yaseCalifornia eguqukayo eya e-Islam kwaye iya eMecca eHaj. Ngaba bayifumene njani imvume yokuyifota ngaphakathi kwe-mosque enkulu eMecca? Omnye ummangaliso weOprah.
Sibukele umfazi ongumHindu ovela eChicago ehamba nabantu abazizigidi ezingama-70- ewe, izigidi ezingama-70- ukuya emlanjeni iGanges kumsitho waminyaka le weMaha Kumbh Mela. I-selfie yombhali yokwazisa uthotho olutsha #inkolelo.
Ndiyazi ngokwam ukuba kunzima kangakanani ukuzisa inkolo kwiTV. Abantu baseMelika banobudlelwane be-schizophrenic kunye nenkolo. Bayayifuna kwiicawa zabo, kwizindlu zesikhungu nakwiimoski. Kodwa hayi kwinkcubeko yabo edumileyo. Abaphathiswa abafika babe kumabonwakude ngabo bahlawulayo, njengoJoel Osteen okanye iinkqubo ezibazalelweyo, njenge Iklabhu engama-700 .
Kwixesha lesibini lokubamba Shalom Ekhaya kwi-TLC, uDavid Zaslav, namhlanje oyena mntu unamandla kumabonwakude, uthathe zonke iinethiwekhi zokuFumana. Ndaya kudibana naye kwiofisi yakhe eNew York. Umvelisi olawulayo womboniso wam undixelele, uShmuley, unguRabi. Kuyinto engaqhelekanga ukuba nobuntu benkolo obamba umboniso weTV. Ngena apho, kodwa nantoni na oyenzayo, sukuzisa inkolo. Ewe, ndingene ndangena kuDavid, ndinobuhlobo kwaye ndibandakanyeka, wandibuza ngqo, Ngaba ukhe ubukele uJoel Osteen? Njani ngawe kwaye wenza uhlobo oluthile lwenkolo bonisa kunye.
Ngubani. Ke le yayiyinethiwekhi ekholelwa ngokwenyani ukuba inkolo inokutsala ababukeli beTV.
Kodwa kwathatha iOprah ukuyizisa kwiziqhamo, kwaye ngeyona ndlela intle. Inkolelo iya kukufakela umbane. Kuya kukuthatha kunye nohambo lomntu lokholo. Indlela elinye ibhinqa eliselula elifumana ngayo intuthuzelo kudlwengulo ezandleni zikaYesu. Isibini esitshatileyo esingama-Orthodox saseChabad sifumanisa uthando ngomtshato phantsi komthi womtshato eCrown Heights. Kwaye uMbingeleli kunye no-Imam eNigeria baba ngabantakwabo emva kokuqala njengoKayin noAbheli.
Ekhaya lakhe, u-Oprah wayekhululekile kwaye wayebonakala enexesha lonke emhlabeni. Uthathe umfanekiso naye wonke umntu okhoyo kwaye wamema izimvo ezivela kwiindwendwe zakhe malunga nokuba bacinga ntoni ngothotho. Ewe, amagqabantshintshi ayethembekile kwindalo iphela. Akukho mntu uza kuxelela u-Oprah ebusweni bakhe ukuba abathandi uthotho lwakhe. Kodwa, kuyinyani ukuxelelwa, indumiso yasendle yafunyanwa. Kwaye ayisiyiyo nje ngokuba uthotho lweTV lubalaseleyo. Endaweni yoko, kuyamangalisa nje ukuba umntu onempembelelo njengo-Oprah angachitha imali yakhe, kwaye anikele ngezixhobo ezingathandabuzekiyo, ekubuyiseleni inkolo kwindawo yayo efanelekileyo njengezinto ezakhayo, ezikhuthazayo, ezihlangulayo, neziguqukayo.
Kungexesha.
Njengokuba ndibukele iziqendu, kufuneka ndinyaniseke, kwathi gqi intloko yam endala uRichard Dawkins kunye noChristopher Hitchens ongasekhoyo, owayengumhlobo wam. Ababini abangakholelwayo kubukho bukaThixo behlabathi babengabantu endandikhe ndashumayela kubo kwaye ndaxoxa esidlangalaleni malunga nokholo kwaye kwimeko kaHitchens ndenza njalo kwizihlandlo ezininzi.
Yayingumbono okhuthazayo nothembisayo wokuba ilizwe lingakhangeleka njani xa iinkolo zisebenza kunye ukukhuthaza ukukholelwa kuThixo nothando olungenamiqathango kwabanye abantu.
Ngaba baya kuba nokuhleka okuhle ukubukela uthotho? Ngaba iya kubaqinisekisa ukuba ngabo bakule ndlu bafumana ukholo? Ukuba ngokukodwa abo baye bafumana umothuko abaphethukela kwinkolo? Ukuba imilambo inamandla omlingo kwaye ukuhamba ngesangqa ujikeleze ilitye elimnyama eSaudi Arabia kuyakukhulula?
Kodwa ke ndaye ndazibamba ndaza ndabona ukuba kudala ndizikhusela ngenkolo ndide ndadinwa.
Ke ndawususa umfanekiso wabantu abakholelwa ukuba andikholelwa kubukho bam entlokweni yam ndaza ndazivumela ukuba ndithwalwe ngumbono kaOprah wehlabathi apho iinkolo zizisa ukukhanya, zihloniphane, kwaye ziyintsikelelo kunokuba zibe ngumthwalo. Le yinkolo eyanditsalayo ebutsheni bam kwaye yandenza ndaba nguRabi.
Yayingumbono okhuthazayo nothembisayo wokuba ilizwe lingakhangeleka njani xa iinkolo zisebenza kunye ukukhuthaza ukukholelwa kuThixo nothando olungenamiqathango kwabanye abantu.
U-Oprah ubenguvulindlela kunye no-trendsetter kuwo wonke umsebenzi wakhe. Ndiyathandaza oko Inkolelo sisiqalo nje sokuphinda sivele inkolo kunye nexabiso lenkolo ngaphakathi kwintetho yethu yemihla ngemihla kunye nendlela yokuphila yanamhlanje. Ndiyakukhuthaza ukuba ubukele olu luhlu, kwaye uthandaze ukuba lo msebenzi wobugcisa kamabonwakude uxhase inkqubo ngakumbi kwesi sihloko, kwaye ukhokele ulutsha kunye nelizwe lethu lonke ukuba bafumane kwaye bandise ukukhangela kwabo uthixo kubomi babo.
UShimuley Boteach wakhonza njengoRabi kwiYunivesithi yaseOxford, apho waphumelela khona iBhaso loMshumayeli woNyaka weLondon Times. Umbhali wehlabathi othengisa kakhulu kwiincwadi ezingama-30, ubhale ii-blockbusters zamanye amazwe njenge Ukwabelana ngesondo kwaye Iitape zikaMichael Jackson . URabi Shmuley uzakupapasha kungekudala Incwadi Yemfazwe yakwaSirayeli . Mlandele kwi-Twitter @RabbiShmuley.
