Albert Gabbai

Rabbi **Albert E. (Abraham) Gabbai** malamin addinin Yahudawa ne na Amurka, yana aiki a matsayin Rabbi Emeritus na majami'ar Sephardic Congregation Mikveh Israel tun 1988. An kafa Mikveh Israel a 1740, kuma ita ce ikilisiya ta biyu mafi tsufa a Amurka.

Gabbai ɗan asalin birnin Alkahira ne, Masar . Bayan Yaƙin Kwanaki Shida a shekarar 1967, an kama Gabbai, wanda yake ɗan shekara 18 a lokacin, aka kuma tura shi gidan yari a Masar na tsawon shekaru uku. Bayan an sake shi, ya tafi Faransa sannan ya tafi Amurka.

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Gabbai a Masar a shekarar 1949 ga iyayensa Yahudawa 'yan cirani. An haifi mahaifinsa a Baghdad ga dangin malaman addini. Ya zo Masar tun yana yaro tare da iyalinsa, kuma ya yi ciniki da rigunan siliki. Mahaifiyar Gabbai ta fito ne daga wani iyali da asalinsu daga Leghorn, Italiya. Sun haɗu kuma sun yi aure a Masar.

An haifi kakar Gabbai a Salonica, Girka . Iyalinta suna magana da Ladino .

Akwai yara goma a cikin iyalin Gabbai: maza takwas da mata biyu. Iyalin sun kasance masu bin addinin Yahudanci sosai. 

Gabbai ya halarci Kwalejin de la Salle (Makarantar Katolika ta Faransa). Yawancin ɗaliban Kiristoci ne, amma akwai Yahudawa da Musulmai suma. 

Tun yana ƙarami Gabbai yana rera waƙa a cikin ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta Majami'ar Sha'ar Hashamayim . 

## Kurkuku a Masar
Rayuwa a Masar ta kasance mai kyau ga Yahudawa har zuwa shekarun 1940 da 50. Lamarin ya ƙara tsananta har sai da Yahudawa suka fara ƙaura zuwa wasu ƙasashe. 'Yan'uwan Gabbai huɗu suka tafi kafin 1967 suka zama 'yan ƙasar Amurka. Gabbai, 'yan'uwa uku, 'yan'uwa mata biyu, da mahaifiyarsu bazawara suka tsaya a can. Mahaifinsu ya mutu shekaru da suka gabata.

A shekarar 1967 Gabbai yana da shekaru 18 kuma yana makarantar sakandare. Shi da sauran iyalin suna jiran izinin biza don barin Masar lokacin da Yaƙin Kwanaki Shida ya ɓarke.

Bayan yaƙin ya ɓarke, kuma kafin su tafi, jami'an tsaro sun kama Gabbai da 'yan uwansa uku suka kuma saka su a sansanonin kurkuku.   Da farko, sun kama 'yan uwansa biyu a watan Yunin 1967, kuma bayan 'yan makonni suka dawo suka kama shi da wani ɗan'uwansa. Babu wani tsari na shari'a, babu tuhuma, babu shari'a, kuma babu haƙƙin lauya, sun ci gaba da zama a gidan yari har zuwa watan Yunin 1970. 

A cewar Gabbai, an yi wa mutane 30, 40 ɗaurin kurkuku amma kowannensu yana riƙe da mutum 70 a lokacin. Da farko sun kasance a sansanin kurkuku a Abu Zaabal na tsawon watanni shida kuma lamarin ya yi muni sosai, Shi da 'yan'uwansa sun ji tsoron za a kashe su, kuma aka gaya wa mahaifiyarsu cewa sun mutu. Bayan watanni shida aka kai su sansanin kurkuku a Tora inda lamarin ya fi sauƙi. Tunda iyalinsa suna da kulawa sosai, suna cin kayan lambu ne kawai. Daga ƙarshe, an bar mata da yara su ziyarce shi, kuma mahaifiyarsa ta kawo masa nama da kaza.   

## Saki da shige da fice zuwa Amurka
A watan Yunin 1970, bayan matsin lamba daga waje, aka sake su. An kai su daga sansanin kurkukun kai tsaye zuwa filin jirgin sama, babu lokacin tsayawa a gida don ɗaukar kayansu kuma aka kai su Paris. Mahaifiyarsu, matansu da 'ya'yansu suka biyo bayan 'yan makonni.

A birnin Paris, Gabbai ya haɗu da iyalinsa kuma ya nemi izinin zama ɗan gudun hijira don zuwa Amurka. Bayan kimanin shekara guda, Gabbai ya isa birnin New York a shekarar 1971.  

Gabbai ya dage cewa saboda tsananin wahalar da yake sha a can ba zai sake komawa Masar ko da ziyara ba. 

## Daga baya ilimi da aikin malaman addinin

A birnin New York, Gabbai ya yi karatunsa a Jami'ar Yeshiva .

Daga 1983 zuwa 1986 Gabbai shine mataimakin hazzan na Congregation Shearith Israel a New York. Congregation Shearith Israel Majami'ar Yahudawa ce ta Sifaniyanci da Fotigal . Ita ce mafi tsufa a cikin majami'un Yahudawa a Amurka.  

Daga nan Gabbai ya yi tafiya zuwa Urushalima zuwa Shehebar Sephardic Center a ƙarƙashin Rabbi Sam Kassin don a naɗa shi rabbi a cikin al'adar Sephardic . Ya kammala karatunsa a SSC a shekarar 1989. 

Gabbai kuma ɗalibi ne na ruhaniya da kiɗa na Rabbi Abraham Lopes Cardozo . 

Tun daga shekarar 1988, Gabbai ya kasance malamin addinin Musulunci na ƙungiyar Mikveh ta Isra'ila ta Sifaniyanci da Fotigal a Philadelphia.   Rabbi Yosef Zarnighian ya zo Mikveh Israel a matsayin Mataimakin Rabbi a shekarar 2021 inda ya yi horo a ƙarƙashin kulawar Gabbai kuma ya gaje shi a shekarar 2023. An naɗa Rabbi Gabbai a matsayin Rabbi Emeritus a shekarar 2023 kuma yana ci gaba da aiki a cikin ikilisiya da al'umma. 

Gabbai yana jin harsuna sama da shida.  Shi memba ne na Hukumar Gwamnonin Kwalejin Gratz . 

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