Posts Tagged: coronavirus Passover
Passover 2020: Reflecting on a Brighter Future
JNS.org - Although the coronavirus pandemic has been devastating for families who have lost loved ones and is challenging us all in many ways, perhaps...
The Challenges, and Beauty, of This Year’s Passover
JNS.org - In Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared a complete lockdown for Passover seder night, threatening arrest or a fine to anyone found on...
New Perspectives on the Haggadah
This year, in response to the pandemic, Koren Publishers offered a free download of their Haggadah with the commentary of the former Chief Rabbi of...
Celebrating Passover Amid Coronavirus — and Changing for the Better
This year, we celebrated Passover in Israel because our flights back to the United States were canceled due to the coronavirus. Passover is an easily...
Israel’s President Rivlin in Passover Message: ‘These Days We All Pray for the Good Days That Will Come’
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin issued his traditional Passover message on Wednesday, saying he knew that while celebrating the holiday would be difficult this year because...
A Seder Supplement for 2020
The seder this year will be observed during the corona storm. When lifting the seder plate at the outset of maggid, we will not say...
Challenging Our Complacency and Reverence for Leaders on Passover
Pesach was always intended to be a challenge -- to our way of life and our values. Egypt, the most advanced civilization of its time, was...
Pesach Basics: ‘Alef-Bet’ on How to Prep a Seder at Home
JNS.org - The Jewish holiday of Passover -- the celebration of Jewish freedom -- is traditionally spent with family and friends. But with the coronavirus...
American Seders Go Online on a Passover Night Different From All Others
Esther Greenberg loves watching her children and grandchildren gather around the Passover seder table and slurp her matzoh ball soup. "Seeing everybody who is me, everybody...
A Parents’ Guide to This Year’s Nuclear Family Seder
JNS.org - “Even if all of us were wise, all of us understanding, all of us knowing the Torah, we would still be obligated to...
Israeli Police Set to Step Up Enforcement of Coronavirus Restrictions Over Passover
Israeli police are set to escalate their administration of the ongoing coronavirus lockdown over the upcoming Passover holiday, which begins next week, the news site...
As We Celebrate Passover, We Must Learn From the Coronavirus
“Epidemic” and “pandemic” are scientific terms designed to describe a threat that requires immediate extreme responses to forestall a life form from infiltrating and annihilating...
