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Shabbat Sermon: Do What You Can with Rabbi Michelle Robinson

Published: April 9, 2020, 4 p.m.

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Last year, I made a Passover parody playlist to help our family get in the holiday spirit.  This year, a friend sent me a coronavirus playlist with songs like, \\u201cDon\\u2019t Stand So Close to Me,\\u201d \\u201cU Can\\u2019t Touch This,\\u201d and \\u201cIt\\u2019s the End of the World as We Know It.\\u201d  Or my personal favorite for this Pesach: \\u201cFrom a Distance.\\u201d

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Last night, many of us connected with our loved ones from a distance via Zoom, FaceTime, and other virtual platforms.  In Israel, there\\u2019s a new Pesach move: ochlim b\\u2019nifrad, shirim b\\u2019yachad \\u2013 eat separately and sing together.

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Last night, all over Israel, with the entire country on lockdown and not allowed even to leave their homes, people took a page out of two other major Jewish holiday playbooks.  Apartment-dwellers channeled Hannukah, moving their tables to their front windows.  Those with more outdoor room channeled Sukkot, setting their tables out on balconies or in backyards, so they could join neighbors in song.  Eating at separate tables, singing together.

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Follow this link to view the sermon and watch the live streaming version on our website https://www.templeemanuel.com/rabbi/rabbi-michelle-robinson/do-what-you-can/

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