A Freilichen Nittel-nacht
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A Freilichen Nittel-nacht!
Now there’s a greeting you don’t expect from Christians.
Nothing like a good gentile holiday to spark some Jewish creativity and create those special minhagim we’ve grown to cherish.
Doubtless, some of our Jewish friends will be quite busy with your annual chess tournament or with a good game of cards.
And while there’s nothing wrong with such innocent entertainment, we wanted to treat you to some interesting reading material.
Doubtless, you are well-acquainted with the historical roots to the tradition of Nittel Nacht. We also are all too familiar with the root cause. We lament the suffering and persecution of Jewish people – even, and especially, during the Christmas season, by the hand of evil people who bore Yeshua’s name in vain.
It’s a known fact that Christmas isn’t exactly a Jewish holiday...but, maybe it ought to be. How well do you know the true story behind Christmas?
Christmas, after all, celebrates the birth of the greatest Jew who ever lived...certainly the most famous one!
With or without mistletoe, many Jews and countless gentiles join the merriment. We enjoy the idea that people from every race on earth sing praise to the God of Israel, because of Jesus.
And you would know that millions around the world lead a life-style of radical love, again, simply because of this Jewish man, Jesus. No doubt you also know that all the writers of the New Testament were Jews.
And whether gift giving is Jewish or not, we’ll leave for you to decide. What is certain, is that God gave His people the ultimate present, His only begotten son, that you might have real joy.
And while we do not know exactly what date He was born, December 25th is as good as any day to celebrate His birth.
If you knew what we know, that Jesus really is the Jewish messiah, then you would agree Christmas should be a Jewish holiday.
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True Christians are followers of this Jewish Messiah, we cannot but love the Jewish people.
In celebrating Christmas, we rejoice that the God of Israel is advancing his kingdom in this world.
So, we have given the reasoning for the celebration, and the Jewish connection is amply clear. What’s missing then?
A proper yiddishe niggun of course! So here’s one for you to read, contemplate and hopefully, sing with us:
א קאמט עמנואל
א קאמט א קאמט עמנואל
ערלעזע דיינעם ישראל
וואס קלאגט אונד וויינט אין גלות היער
ביז גאטטעס זאהן ערשיינען וועט צו דיר
קאר
פרייע דיך! פרייע דיך! עמנואל
וועט צו דיר קאממען, ישראל
קאמט שרש ישי אונד בעפרייא
דיין פאלק פון שטן'ס טיראננייא
אויף פון דיא טיפסטע העללה דיין פאלק העב
אינד איבערס גראב דען זיעג זייא געבקאר
א קאמט דוא מארגען שטערען בעריהער
אלל הערצען דורך דיין אנקונפט היער
דיא דונקלען וואלקען טרייב אוועק
אונד טאדעס שאטטען גאנץ דורך בערך
קאר
א קאמט דוא דויד'ס זהאן, א קאמט
פיר אונז מאך אפפען היממעלס היים
מאך גוט דעם וועג צום הייליגען לאנד
מאך צו דעם וועג צו טאד אונד שאנד
קאר
א קאמט א קאמט, דוא הערר פאן מאכט
דער צו דיין פאלק אין גרויסער פראכט