Social distancing, escalating anxieties, rampant fear and a real-life plague — Passover amid the COVID-19 outbreak is shaping up to be a once-in-a-lifetime event. Hopefully.
As many Jews across the country and the world prepare to hold seders on their own, apart from beloved family members and friends, or via online video-conference tools like Zoom or Skype, institutions, organization and clergy have prepared a multitude of guides on how to navigate the situation and the technology.
Here are just a few of them, offering everything from advice on how to plan for a Zoom call to how to order the food that one might never have purchased online before.
The guides with tips and tricks for a seder in the time of the coronavirus:
A condensed version of that guide^, on My Jewish Learning
The Minimalist’s Guide to Passover and Seder by Leah Sarna
The Conservative movement’s guidelines for using technology this year
Webinars on the topic
Online Haggadahs and other resources
A list of suggestions from the “A Different Pesach: Ideas for the Solo Seder” authors
Make your own with Haggadot.com
The Four Children and COVID-19
Cooking food
Pared down recipes from Leah Koenig
Ordering food
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