Butwiththeworldplaguedbythecove, it 19 pandemicfamiliesarekeptfromcelebratingatthesametableandthelessonsofoneofJudaism's mostsacredholidaysmoreresonantthanever.
Socialdistancing.
Echoing a decreefromthousandsofyearsagoduring a biblicalplague, itsays, exactlyatthistime, aswe'rereadingtheTorah, where l toldthatwhenthe, um, thelastplagueiscoming, whichisthedeathofthefirstborn, everyoneneedstostayinsideandthiotoavoidbeinginflictedbythisplague, andthisisthehealthiestthing.
Butthisyear, justmyhusbandandmytwosweetboysfindingjoyinwearingmasksthatrepresenttheplaguesand a zoomwithlovedones, eventhoughcongregatinginhousesofworshipduringthisholyweekisonpauseformostoftheworld, peoplearestillfindingwaystoupholdtraditionlikethe's SedertogobagsandvirtuallyunitinginprayerforsomanyanisolatedPassoveramidthecurrentcrisis, a reminderofthepreciousnessoffreedomandthefaiththatcontinuestobringfamiliestogether.