ʻI he mahina kuo ʻosi ʻi heʻemau fakafiefiaʻi ʻa Purim, Naʻe tafoki ʻetau ngaahi fakakaukau ki he "tzedakah” — foaki ki he masivá — taha ʻo e ngaahi tukufakaholo ʻoku fekauʻaki mo e ʻaho maloloo, ka ʻoku totonu ke tau ʻave fefe ʻa e ongo ko ia mo kitautolu ʻi he toenga ʻo e taʻu?
Ke kamata tali e fehuʻi ko iá, tau vakai ki he feituʻu ʻoku haʻu mei ai ʻa e foʻi fakakaukau. Mahalo ʻoku maheni hamou niʻihi mo e foʻi lea "vahehongofulú," ʻa ia ko ha fakakaukau fakatohitapu. Tokua naʻe ʻi ai ha taimi ko e tokolahi taha ʻo e kakai ʻo e mamani ko e kau ngoue. Naʻe ʻikai ke ʻi ai haʻanau paʻanga ʻo hange ko ia ʻoku tau fai he ʻaho ni. Naʻe kehe ʻa e paʻanga fakafonua he taimi ko ia. Ko e paʻanga fakafonua ʻa e meʻakai naʻa mau to mo e meʻakai naʻa mau fakahaofi. Ko hono tokonaki ʻo e meʻakaí, ʻe lava ke fakafekiki ha taha, Ko e huʻituʻa ia ʻo e sivilaise. Ka ʻ oku hoko mai ʻ a e Tohi Tapú ʻ i ha taʻu nai ʻ e laui afe hili ʻ a e liukava ʻ i he ngoué pea ʻ omai ai ha pōpoaki makehe. ʻOku pehe, "ʻOku ʻi ai ha kakai masiva ʻiate kimoutolu. Kuo pau ke ke poupouʻi kinautolu." Pea ko e taimi ni ko ha tefitoʻi akonaki mahuʻinga ʻo e tui fakalotu kotoa pe ko e poupou ʻa e kau tuʻu laveangofua taha ʻi he sosaieti. Te ke maʻu ʻeni ʻi he ngaahi akonaki ʻa e tui faka-Kalisitiané, ʻIsilami fokotuʻu, mo ha niʻihi tokolahi kehe. ʻOku tau tokangaʻi ʻa e masivá. Founga? ʻI he taimi ko iá naʻe fakafou ia ʻi he vahehongofulú. Ko e hā ʻa e vahehongofulu? Tuku ha 10 ʻo hoʻo ngoue ʻi he ngoueʻanga ke haʻu ʻa e masiva ʻo ʻave ia.
ʻOku ʻi ai ha ngaahi ʻuhinga siʻi ʻo e meʻa ni. Naʻe ʻikai ke ne ʻoange ki ha taha ha laʻipepa tufa moʻoni; naʻe tuku ai ha konga ʻo e ngoue maʻa e masiva ke utu. Naʻa nau tauhi honau ngeia pea naʻe ʻikai fie maʻu ia ke nau fakataha ʻi ha feituʻu kakai ke maʻu ʻenau ngaahi meʻa. Naʻe toki ʻiloʻi pe ʻe tuku ha 10 ʻo e meʻakai ʻi he taʻu ko ia ʻi he malaʻe maʻanautolu ʻoku nau fie maʻu ia.
Ko e hā ʻ a e ʻ uhinga ʻ o e meʻá ni ʻ i he lolotonga ʻ o e hisitōlia ʻ o e kau Siú? ʻOku "fie maʻu" kitautolu ke foaki ha vahe 10 ʻo ʻetau maʻuʻanga moʻuí ki he masivá. ʻOku kehe fefe ia mei he tukuhau? Ko e tukuhau ko ha meʻa pau. Ko e 10% ko ha fie maʻu loto tauʻatāina. Kuo pau ke ke foaki ʻo ʻikai toe siʻi hifo 10% ko e ola ia ʻo e holi ʻa ho lotó.
ʻI he taimi ni – foki ki he moʻui moʻoni: ʻOku lahi e peseti ʻe hongofulu. ʻOku tokolahi ha ngaahi fāmili ʻoku nau tokangaʻi honau ngaahi ʻofaʻangá, pea ko e peseti ʻe hongofulu ʻo ʻenau vahenga fakataʻu ki tzedakah ʻe lava ke hoko ia ko ha meʻa lahi kiate kinautolu. ʻOku fiefia hotau tokolahi ʻi he foaki ki ha ngaahi tupuʻanga kehekehe ʻi heʻetau moʻuí, ka ʻoku ou fakakaukau ki he 10% fie maʻu ke ke. Meʻamalie kiate au, foaki 10%, ʻi heʻeku fakakaukau, ʻoku ʻikai fie maʻu ia ke ʻuhinga pē ki he paʻangá. ʻE lava pe ke taimi. ʻE lava ke hoko ia ko ha ngaue tokoni. ʻE lava ke hoko ia ko ha founga mahuʻinga ki he moʻui pea mo hono tokoniʻi ʻo e kakai.
Ko ia ʻoku ou fie tuku atu ha faingataʻa mo ha tāpuaki. Ko e tukupaa ke fakakaukau ki he meʻa 10% ʻe lava ke ʻuhinga kiate koe. Ko e hā hoʻo vahehongofulú? Pea ʻe anga fēfē haʻatau fakataukeiʻi kitautolu, mo hotau ngaahi ʻofaʻangá, ke ongoʻi mo tui moʻoni ko e lahi ange ʻetau foaki, ko e lelei ange ʻetau.
Fai ʻe Rabbi Ezra Weinberg, Toʻu Tupú & Potungāue Fakafāmilí
