Over the past few days Iโve started sharing a daily thought on my personal Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/benjy.myers) under the hashtag #CoronaSeder.
Below are the recent posts.
Thanks for taking the time to create the site. I hope it will be useful for everyone far and wide.
Rabbi Benjy Myers
Educational Director, Straus-Amiel | Beren-Amiel
Ohr Torah Stone Institutions, P.O.B 1037 Efrat 90435, Office: 02-588-0910, Fax: 02-588-0908, Direct Line: 02-588-0904, Cell: 050-927-1113, www.otsamiel.org.il, Find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/Straus.Amiel
24th March
#CoronaSeder
This year, many families will be without the guests they originally invited; friends and family who had planned to come but are now unable to do so.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ก๐ผ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ
The idea of leaving an empty chair at the Seder is not a new one. One such call from 1965 can be found in the first comment below.
This year, leave an
empty chair, but not an empty place. Where a guest would be sitting, have a
place card, a photo, some physical reminder of who’s missing (try not to make
it too morbid).
Better yet, ask your guests to send you some
questions for discussion, some insights, a dvar Torah to share or some other
means by which they can still participate in your Seder, even if they’re not
there physically with you.
23rd March
#CoronaSeder
Working from home, speaking with colleagues over the computer rather than getting up and speaking face to face, means that I’ve spent more time sitting than usual.
๐๐บ ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ?
Of course. The Seder can be a long evening where we sit and talk for many an hour. Make sure that just as you would at work, you get up and stretch.
For example, walk around the table reliving the exodus from Egypt; have frog-jumping competitions; during Dayeinu, simply get up and dance! Just keep moving.
The Jewish people have been doing it for centuries and there’s no reason to stop now.
22nd March
#CoronaSeder
Today I was supposed to be in the UK together with much of the extended family celebrating my grandparents’ 70th wedding anniversary. Unfortunately plans changed, and so we made a cake (not me, obviously) and sent a video instead.
๐ฆ๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ?
Many families will not be able to be together, with parents and grandparents separated by an unseen virus.
Instead, send a video of the children singing their favourite songs, send a personalised card in lieu of finding the Afikoman, or if possible, have a live-streamed mock Seder before Yom Tov or even on Chol Hamoed together with the whole family.
20th March
#CoronaSeder
This one comes to you following a special request from my wife: Dust is not chametz!
Also, and more importantly, there may be people in your community who are home alone, but don’t necessarily have the ability to prepare for Pesach, including the shopping, cleaning, kashering, schlepping, cooking and so on.
So go ahead, have a look around and see if anyone needs your help. Do what you can for those around you, making sure that you are adhering at all times to the best medical advice and official guidelines.
19th March
#CoronaSeder
The story of the five rabbis who sat down for the Seder can be understood, with a pinch of midrashic license, as a group who went into self-isolation, thereby paving the way for us to do the same.
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ?
Think about four other people with whom you’d like to go into quarantine (excluding family). At the Seder, compare and discuss your list with that of the other people at the table.
18th March
#CoronaSeder
Why is this year different from all other years? For on all other years we would have a big Seder, lots of people from different backgrounds and ages. This year we will be in much smaller family groups, and some people will be in quarantine or self-isolation.
๐ฆ๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ผ?
Prepare questions in advance to send to friends and relatives and ask them Pesach related questions. It can about the Haggada, about their favourite Seder from years past, about their personal exodus or salvation from dire straits to personal and familial freedom.
Send them the questions ahead of Pesach and ask them to discuss the questions at their own Seder. After Yom Tov, get in touch ask for the answers!
17th March
#CoronaSeder
Does you Seder seem to last forever? Do you have trouble remembering which stage you’re at?
Create your very own Seder Clock! Click on this link to download a clock template and follow the instructions there.
16th March
#CoronaSeder
Children are at home and looking for an arts & crafts afternoon? Need to get things done for Pesach at the same? Here’s an idea that I’ll be presenting tomorrow during a Zoom call to current Straus-Amiel students and shlichim on ideas for a innovative Seder even with Corona all around us:
Think of a family slogan for Pesach.
Now, take a plain white hat or white t-shirt and write the slogan on the hat/shirt. Each child can decorate their own hat/shirt as they see fit, and of course everyone wears it to the Seder.
And the adults? They can always decorate their own. Alternatively, have a design competition among the children, or even better, ask them to collaborate on what they think should be on their parents hat/shirt.
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