Celebrating Passover during a modern-day plague (opinion)
4 years, 9 months ago

Celebrating Passover during a modern-day plague (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Rabbi Shai Held is president and dean of the Hadar Institute, a center for traditional, egalitarian Jewish learning in New York City. Passover, after all, is about miraculous deliverance from woe – but this year we’ll be marking it in the very midst of coronavirus, a brutal plague whose end is nowhere in sight. Ideally, in Jewish thought, being ever conscious of our vulnerability yields a sense of gratitude and indebtedness to God, and it also opens the door to genuine care and concern for others. Let’s try, in the face of real and legitimate fear and anxiety, to let our vulnerability help us to love more fully.

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Opinion: This Passover, have room in your hearts for Israelis and Palestinians

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Passover Celebrations Take Shape Differently To Work Around The Coronavirus

NPR  

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