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בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה אַדֹנָ-י אֱ-לֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו וְצִוָּנוּ לְהַדְלִיק נֵר שֶׁל יום טוב Baruch a-ta A-do-nay Elo-hei-nu me-lech ha-o-lam a-sher ki-di-sha-nu bi-mitz-vo-tav vi-tzi-va-noo li-had-leek ner shel Yom Tov. Blessed are you, Lord our God, King of the universe, who has sanctified us with the commandments, and commanded us to kindle the light of the holiday.
Check out this Hagaddah that Jewish teens made for a special virtual Seder they conducted for local Jewish teens in Tucson. It draws upon the wisdom of Passover to respond to life during the pandemic.
PS: To print highlight the entire text and right-click + print.
I joined a Facebook Group called #DailyPractice #SupportGroup. Listening to people share their daily practices throughout the day has become a blessed daily practice for me. I was honored to share a writing of mine in this group, with the hope that this becomes a daily practice for me. Here is my first share on #Passover and the #CoronaVirus.
Here is my sharing on #healing in the #Jewish tradition as we face these challenging times of people suffering with the #CoronaVirus.
How do we tell the story of the Corona Virus while we are in the midst of it? The commandment to tell the story of redemption from slavery comes while still being enslaved. What do we learn from this?
This year we will celebrate #Passover isolated from one another due to the #CoronaVirus threat. How do we honor the reality of the current situation without superficially imposing order through the #seder #ritual? To honor the authenticity of the painful place we are in, I offer my commentary on the beginning of the Hagaddah.
This vegetable on the Seder plate measures the level of justice in our society for all of the workers who are risking their lives to preserve the supply chain so that food gets to our tables.
