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TORAH adalah KEMERDEKAAN - Parashah YITRO; Parashah MISHPATIM
Andre Widodo 
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Shalom,

Di dalam PORSI PEMBACAAN TORAH [PARASHAH] YITRO dan MISHPATIM, kita sedang membahas tentang TORAH. Kita mengetahui bahwa HA'SHEM memberikan 2 LOH BATU (TABLET) dan TORAH TERTULIS kepada Moshe (Musa).

Tentang 2 LOH BATU tersebut dikatakan:

Keluaran 32:16
וְהַ֨לֻּחֹ֔ת מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֖ים הֵ֑מָּה וְהַמִּכְתָּ֗ב מִכְתַּ֤ב אֱלֹהִים֙ ה֔וּא חָר֖וּת עַל־הַלֻּחֹֽת
v'ha.lu.chot ma.a.se e.lo.him he.ma v'ha.mich.tav mich.tav e.lo.him hu CHA.RUT al-ha.lu.chot

The tablets were the work of G-d; and the writing was the writing of G-d, ENGRAVED [חָר֖וּת - CHARUT] on the tablets.

Kedua loh itu ialah pekerjaan Elohim dan tulisan itu ialah tulisan Elohim, DITUKIK [חָר֖וּת - CHARUT] pada loh-loh itu.

Kata Ibrani [חָר֖וּת - CHARUT] di dalam Keluaran 32:16 artinya adalah DITUKIK; DIUKIR.

Uniknya kata [חָר֖וּת - CHARUT] ini dapat juga diterjemahkan sebagai kata [חֵרוּת - CHAIRUT], yang artinya adalah: KEMERDEKAAN; PEMBEBASAN DARI BELENGGU.

Normative Judaisme di dalam Pirkei Avot 6:2 menjelaskan:
“Said Rabbi Joshua the son of Levi: … it says (Exodus 32:16): “And the tablets are the work of G-d, and the writing is G-d’s writing, ENGRAVED on the tablets,” read not “ENGRAVED” [CHARUT] but “LIBERTY” [CHAIRUT]—for there is no free individual, except for he who occupies himself with the study of Torah…”

Hal yang sama juga dijelaskan dalam tulisan Yaakov (adik kandung Yeshua) di dalam suratnya di Yaakov 1:25.

Yakobus 1:25
Tetapi barangsiapa meneliti HUKUM (TORAH) YANG SEMPURNA, yaitu HUKUM (TORAH) YANG MEMERDEKAKAN ORANG, dan ia bertekun di dalamnya, jadi bukan hanya mendengar untuk melupakannya, tetapi sungguh-sungguh melakukannya, ia akan berbahagia oleh perbuatannya.

Malahan di dalam Kitab Zohar dijelaskan lebih dalam lagi:

Zohar, Shemoth, Section 2, Page 114a, Soncino Press Edition
“Therefore the Scripture proclaims: “the tablets were the work of G-d” (Elohim), from the time when the world was still under the aegis of the name Elohim, before the Shabbat had entered. The writing, too, was the ”writing of G-d”, BLACK FIRE on WHITE FIRE, and it was CHARUT [ENGRAVED] because the Jubilee proclaims FREEDOM [CHAIRUT] to all worlds.”

Di luar sana sering kita mendengar bahwa TORAH adalah "BELENGGU." Sebenarnya pendapat ini hanya dilontarkan oleh orang-orang yang sebenarnya sama sekali TIDAK mengerti apa fungsi sebenarnya dari TORAH. 

Ingat, bangsa Israel tidak otomatis menjadi merdeka ketika mereka keluar dari Mesir. Bangsa Israel baru mengalami KEMERDEKAAN yang sebenarnya pada saat mereka MENERIMA TORAH dan MELAKUKAN TORAH.

Karena TORAH =  "LIBERTY" [CHAIRUT] = HUKUM YANG MEMERDEKAKAN ORANG.

Yakobus 1:25
Tetapi barangsiapa meneliti HUKUM (TORAH) YANG SEMPURNA, yaitu HUKUM (TORAH) YANG MEMERDEKAKAN ORANG, dan ia bertekun di dalamnya, jadi bukan hanya mendengar untuk melupakannya, tetapi sungguh-sungguh melakukannya, ia akan berbahagia oleh perbuatannya.

ENGLISH:
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In Parashah YITRO and Parashah MISHPATIM we read how G-d gave the TORAH to the congregation of Israel. Regarding the TABLETS, in Exodus it says:

Exodus 32:16
וְהַ֨לֻּחֹ֔ת מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֖ים הֵ֑מָּה וְהַמִּכְתָּ֗ב מִכְתַּ֤ב אֱלֹהִים֙ ה֔וּא חָר֖וּת עַל־הַלֻּחֹֽת
v'ha.lu.chot ma.a.se e.lo.him he.ma v'ha.mich.tav mich.tav e.lo.him hu CHA.RUT al-ha.lu.chot

The tablets were the work of G-d; and the writing was the writing of G-d, ENGRAVED [חָר֖וּת - CHARUT] on the tablets.

The Hebrew word for “ENGRAVED” can also be read “LIBERTY; FREEDOM.” 

Pirkei Avot 6:2 says:
“Said Rabbi Joshua the son of Levi: … it says (Exodus 32:16): “And the tablets are the work of G-d, and the writing is G-d’s writing, engraved on the tablets,” read not “engraved” (charut) but “liberty” (chairut)—for there is no free individual, except for he who occupies himself with the study of Torah…”

This tradition is apparently quoted by Yaakov, or James, the brother of Yeshua:

James 1:25 - Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)
But if a person looks closely into the perfect Torah, which gives FREEDOM [חרות], and continues, becoming not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work it requires, then he will be blessed in what he does.

The Zohar comments on the deeper level meaning of this concept:

Zohar, Shemoth, Section 2, Page 114a, Soncino Press Edition
“Therefore the Scripture proclaims: “the tablets were the work of G-d” (Elohim), from the time when the world was still under the aegis of the name Elohim, before the Shabbat had entered. The writing, too, was the ”writing of G-d”, BLACK FIRE on WHITE FIRE, and it was CHARUT [ENGRAVED] because the Jubilee proclaims FREEDOM [CHAIRUT] to all worlds.”

It is often taught that the Torah is “bondage.” This is only true if one misinterprets and misapplies the Torah. Israel did not become free when they left Egypt. They become truly free when they accepted, and applied the Torah. The TORAH is FREEDOM!