Ekuqhubekeni kwethu okuqhubekayo uhamba nangona iPortugal ne Iziko lamaLatino-Jewish ubudlelwane sityelele “ilizwe elisemantla.” Satyelela izixeko ezinjengeTrancoso neBelmonte, “intliziyo” yePortugal yamaYuda.
Mhlawumbi akukho lizwe laseYurophu, ngaphandle kweJamani, elamkeleyo kwaye lamkela uxanduva lwalo lokubandezeleka kwabemi abangamaJuda ngaphezulu kwePortugal. Kulo lonke uhlanga kukho amaziko okutolika anikezelwe kubomi bamaYuda kunye nenkcubeko kunye noluntu olutsha lwamaYuda luvela kumlotha wexesha elidlulileyo. Ngokwenyani, zininzi iindawo ezinjengeBelmonte kulo lonke uhlanga. Enye yezo ndawo yiCastelo de Vide osodolophu weminyaka eli-15 wayengumYuda kwaye ngexesha lolawulo lwakhe wenza i-ofisi yakhe kwaye wenza amaziko aliqela okufunda ngembali yamaPhuthukezi-yamaJuda. KwakuseCastelo de vide apho urhulumente wasePortugal ngo-1992 wavakalisa ngokusesikweni usizi kunye nokuzisola kwakhe ngeembandezelo zangaphambili zoluntu lwamaJuda.
Ubukhulu becala, amaPhuthukezi awazange abaleke kubandlululo nakwiintlekele, kodwa afundise ngenkuthalo ngazo. Izikhumbuzo ezingapheliyo zezono zexesha elidlulileyo zizixhobo zokukhumbula nje kuphela kodwa nokuqinisekisa ukuba azinakuphinda zenzeke. IPortugal yomibini yamkela eyadlulayo yamaJuda kwaye izabalazela ukuqinisekisa ngohlaziyo oluqaqambileyo noluyimpumelelo lwamaJuda.
IPortugal yanamhlanje iyazingca ngokwanda kwamaJuda, nangabemi bayo "abasemagunyeni" (abantu abanyanzelweyo ukuba baguquke kwaye ngoku emva kweminyaka engama-500 babuyela kwiingcambu zabo zamaJuda), nangamaqhina ezoqoqosho akhulayo no-Israyeli, ebonakaliswa ngcono Iinqwelomoya ezihamba rhoqo phakathi kweLisbon neTel Aviv.
Ngokungafaniyo nezinye izixeko ezininzi zaseYurophu, kwaye phantse yonke iMbindi Mpuma, iPortugal iyayisebenzisa ngenene inkululeko yonqulo. Abantu banokuhamba kwizitrato zezixeko zasePortugal ngaphandle koloyiko. Ootsotsi ababethi abantu xa benxibe ikepusi okanye isithsaba sentloko yamaSilamsi okanye besebenzisa isiHebhere okanye isiArabhu ezitratweni. Ubukhulu becala, uluntu lwasePortugal "luhlala-kwaye-maluphile" uluntu. Akukho mntu ubonakala ngathi ukhathalele ukuba ngubani, kodwa endaweni yoko abantu babonakala bekhathala ngento ayenzayo.
NgoLwesihlanu ebusuku ndaya kwiinkonzo zeSabbat kwindlu yesikhungu. NjengePortugal uqobo, inkonzo ngumdibaniso wempuma nentshona, inkululeko kunye ne-Orthodox. yayingumnyango ojikelezayo phakathi kwenkulungwane ye-15 neye-21. Kwakukho imizila yexesha elidlulileyo- ubuncinci amanye amadoda ayenza yacaca into yokuba abantu basetyhini babenyamezelwa kwaye ngokucacileyo babengabemi beklasi yesibini. Inkonzo yamadoda yayonwabile kwaye kubonakala ngathi ixuba amasiko amandulo eSephardic kunye nomculo ovuyayo owawubonakala ungapheleli nje emphefumlweni wesixeko kodwa kufanele ukuba ufikelele kumasango eZulu. Yayikukunxibelelana komculo noThixo ngakumbi kunenkonzo esesikweni kwaye ibonakalise inkululeko yenkululeko emva kweenkulungwane ezi-5 zobuhlanga benkolo.
Le mimandla "isemantla ngaphakathi" ePortugal ikwangumhlaba weendawo ezintle, iigadi ezisemthethweni, kunye nezindlu eziyimimangaliso. La mazwe ayinxalenye yelizwe lewayini lasePortugal. Apha, iiwayini zasekhaya ezaziwa kwilizwe liphela zininzi kwaye ziyathandeka kuzo zonke izivamvo, kwaye iintaba zibonelela nge-cornucopia yamava abonwayo.
IBelmonte inembali yomhlaba ongaphandle kwezinye iindawo. Kubonakala ngathi iyayidelela imithetho yezembali. Ukuhlukaniswa ngo-1496 kwilizwe lonke lamaYuda, abantu baseBelmonte bakholelwa ukuba ngabo kuphela amaYuda ehlabathini. Bayibamba le nkolelo kangangeenkulungwane ezi-5, kwade kwangoko kwinkulungwane yamashumi amabini. Kuphela kusemva kokuba injineli yasePoland "ibabhaqile" apho baqonda ukuba iNkundla yamaRoma yokuNcina Amakholwa iphelile, ikhuselekile nokuza emini yenkululeko, kwaye kukho nelizwe elibanzi lamaJuda ababengabo kwaye banokuthatha inxaxheba. Nje ukuba bayamkele le nyaniso intsha, kunye notshintsho lweparadigm yembali, bavela kwiinkulungwane zoloyiko.
Namhlanje, iBelmonte ayinalo kuphela indawo esebenzayo yamaJuda, kodwa iflegi yakwa-Israyeli indiza ngokuzingca ecaleni kweflegi yesiPhuthukezi, kwaye ulwimi lwesiHebhere luyavela kwizakhiwo ezisecaleni kwesiPhuthukezi. Ukwamkelwa kukaBelmonte kwexesha lakhe elidlulileyo kuye kwathetha iimveliso ezintsha, imvuselelo yenkolo neyokomoya, kunye namathuba amatsha ezoqoqosho. Umzekelo, lo mmandla ngoku uvelisa iwayini esemagqabini, kwaye iindwendwe ziyathontelana ukuya kule lali, phantse njengendawo yokundwendwela, kwihlabathi liphela.
Kwilizwe elihlala likhawuleza ukushiya elidlulileyo kunye nenkcubeko yalo, iBelmonte isikhumbuza ukuba samkele ukuba singoobani, sibhiyozele inkcubeko yethu, sifunde kwabanye, kwaye sincume ngakumbi. Ngoku yindawo ekufanele ukuba ufikelele kuyo.
