On New Beginnings
Ask a mom-to-be what she’s doing the day after her due date, and you might get a wry smile. She doesn’t know. Baby’s birth date remains a mystery until the last minute, and she might not know if she’s having a girl or a boy.
On the eve of the Jewish New Year, it’s a good reminder that none of us knows what the future holds. While waiting for baby is an incredible and unrivaled time of anticipation, the dawn of any new year—whether the school year, Rosh Hashanah, or a milestone birthday—is filled with much mystery and wonder. New hopes and dreams abound, as much as little worries might try to sneak in.
When the stories of our future selves haven’t yet been written, all good things seem possible. Everything is within our grasp. As parents-to-be, when we hear our babies take their first breath, and their long-awaited cry pierces the air, we all cry out for the joy of new beginnings, both for our children and for ourselves as new parents.
Whether you’re waiting for a baby or another type of new beginning, we wish you a sweet and healthy new year. And if you are awaiting a newborn, or watching your little one grow up, come join us at the Y Beginnings Parenting Center.
Rosh Hashana, ukuqala konyaka omusha wamaJuda, is a time for introspection, isikhathi sokucabanga, isikhathi sokugubha izigigaba, isikhathi sokuzibophezela ezinhlosweni zethu, nesikhathi sokuchaza kabusha injongo yethu. Rosh Hashana is the time where we gather as a community and as an individual, and celebrate integral themes of solace, ukuthula, injabulo, nempilo enhle kubo bonke. Lena imibono edlula umkhakha wenkolo futhi ithinta sonke isintu. Sithemba unyaka wokuthula nempumelelo ozoqala ekhaya, nokwandisa emphakathini wethu, izwe lethu, kanye nomhlaba wethu.
Sibheke phambili ekutholeni isibusiso namandla, nokuthi noma ibuphi ubunzima noma izithiyo esiye sabhekana nazo onyakeni owandulele zilungiswe ukuze kumiswe umphumela omuhle kakhulu.. Izindlela zethu ezibheke kulokhu kunxusa nezicelo zingathuthukiswa ngemicabango nangezenzo zethu, nangezenzo zezenzo ezinhle nomusa. Nikela imali enhlanganweni esiza abantulayo, lungiselela umakhelwane ogulayo ukudla, noma umane ubingelele umuntu ongamazi emgwaqweni. Ngokuvamile silahlekelwa umbono wokuthi izenzo zethu ezibonakala zingasho lutho zingaba nomthelela ojulile kangakanani.
Ngaphezu kwakho konke, sibheke ngabomvu ukuhlangana njengomndeni. Whether it be blood, social, or geographical, the word “family” can take many forms. Kukumuntu ngamunye wethu ukuzichaza ngokwethu leli gama, tshala imbewu, khulisa ubudlelwano bethu, futhi sibuke imindeni yethu iqhakaza ezingxenyeni ezinhle kakhulu nezibalulekile zezimpilo zethu.
Thina ku-Y sithanda ukuthatha lesi sikhathi ukwelula unyaka omusha onenjabulo kuwo wonke amalungu ethu nabangane abakha imindeni yethu. Lesi sikhathi sonyaka masibe ukugujwa kweziqalo ezintsha kanye nomgubho womndeni & umphakathi wabo bonke. Ngamunye wenu usenza lokho esiyikho, futhi sibonga kakhulu ngokuthi usivumele ukuba sibambe iqhaza empilweni yakho. Sengathi singabhalwa unyaka wobumnandi, unyaka wenjabulo kanye nonyaka wokugubha, futhi kwangathi unyaka 5776 letha ukuthula nokuthula kubo bonke.
