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Israel celebrates Passover: 5 families tell about Seder night
Monica and Arie made sure everyone was vaccinated in order with "Half the World", Galit and Shimon would host and celebrate with the adopted son who came to Israel alone, Rina invited all the volunteers of the association where she works, Limor waited for Mother and Miri's charoset with the personal Haggadahs.
The story of some celebrating after the corona year
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Passover night
Sapir Levy
Saturday, March 27, 2021, 8:50 p.m.
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The Tzur family hosts and celebrates the holiday, tonight (Photo: courtesy of those photographed)
Monica and Aryeh from Tel Aviv are excited for the gathering of 13 members of the family, Galit and Shimon Margba host 15 people, all vaccinated against Corona.
Rina Dahan from Haifa invited all the volunteers of the association where she works and Limor Crescenti celebrates the holiday this year with her mother and 11 other people.
After Seder last year, millions of Israelis sat around the holiday table this year, marking an almost normal Passover, and a sign of a return to routine.
For Galit and Shimon Tzur, residents of Moshav Regba in the north of the country, the successful vaccination campaign allows them to host 15 people this year.
All their guests are vaccinated against the corona virus, except the small children.
"We have four children, the eldest in the army and going on holiday," Shimon said.
"We also have an adopted 15-year-old boy who came to the country from Ukraine alone, with his whole family still there. He will celebrate with us this year, his first Seder night properly, because last year he could not celebrate because of the closure."
The Tzur family usually tries to host Seder night, and welcomes a return to routine.
"Last year we were really alone, just my wife's children and parents living next door to us, so we were a closed capsule," he recalled.
"I did not believe that already this year we could celebrate as before, all this period of the corona is to get up in the morning and say to yourself 'this is what there is', as if you are part of a bad movie. It was very difficult."
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Shimon says that this is a holiday that is not easy for him, since his father was killed on the eve of Passover.
"He was killed in a car accident several years ago, when he returned from the synagogue. All the guests were waiting for him at the house to return from the synagogue - in the end we made the holiday at the hospital. Because of my personal trauma, Passover does not pass through my throat."
Still, Shimon arrives at Pesach with an optimistic message, and hopes that the holiday will bring with it an atmosphere of reconciliation after the turbulent election campaign.
"We hope that the political hatred we had in the country will pass," he wishes.
"When we meet it doesn't matter what the political views are, we need to love each other. I hope that love and affection will return, and that the discourse of hatred will end. Really just health, because that's what matters. We need to appreciate these little things."
Expect a special holiday this year.
Monica and Aryeh Elman in the Passover Seder, tonight (Photo: courtesy of those photographed)
The widower family is also looking forward to the holiday this year, after a disappointing arrangement last year.
"I always make order. Last year we were small and sad, but we were zoomed in with 'Half the World,'" said Monica, who will host 13 guests with her husband Arie.
"This year, out of excitement, the table was ready as early as Thursday. I like to prepare everything in advance."
Monica and Arieh, doctors by profession, also made sure that everyone who stayed with them would be vaccinated, except for the children.
"My guests are all members of my family, it is very fun to host and I make a 'fusion' meal - both European and Oriental," said Monica.
"I love the games of the decorations. I have tools for the special holidays and this is my 'hammer'. Proper disclosure - we do not reach the end of the Haggadah, do not get confused."
Unlike last year, Monica wholeheartedly believed that this time she would get to celebrate Seder with the whole family.
"I was not surprised that this year Seder night is without a closure, I knew it would be possible to celebrate once everyone is vaccinated," she said.
"This year we said we would not be much so we are only 13, but I still have in mind arrangements from previous years, in which we were 35 people. It was really a lifetime hospitality."
"The truth is I did not think we could celebrate New Year's Eve together."
Rina Dahan hosts the Seder, tonight (Photo: courtesy of those photographed)
The arrangement of Rina Dahan, chairman and CEO of the "Association for Locomotive Patients", will mainly include guests related to the association, but this time a special guest will also be added.
"I host a 23-year-old orphaned guy, whom I met through a Facebook post written about him when he was looking for help," Rina said.
"I saw the post, we furnished his house, and today he volunteers with us twice a week."
Rina also says that all the guests in her order have already been vaccinated, and that she would not be a hostess if there was any concern for their health.
"My guests are all vaccinated, otherwise I would not have done it," she said.
"Whoever comes to my house is a guest who feels at home. I really like to entertain and it always excites me to go into the kitchen and start cooking. It excites me to make leek patties with meat, fried patties served with lemon slices, food of Spanish Jews and Balkan countries. Memories of my mother about her Peace and my grandmother who would have prepared it. "
Rina was not happy with the previous Passover, but was happy with the situation in light of the decrease in morbidity.
"Last Passover I was home alone because of the corona. Let's just say it's not a pleasant feeling to be alone on a holiday," she shared.
"But here things seem to be getting better and I'm very happy to host. Less complaining and looking forward. The truth is I did not think we could celebrate New Year's Eve together, I was not optimistic. But here we have a pleasant surprise. I hope the corona is behind us, although I like many others think That the world will no longer return to its former state. "
Limor was waiting for Mom's charcoal.
The Crescenti family celebrates Passover, tonight (Photo: courtesy of those photographed)
Limor Crescenti, a public relations woman, will be staying with her son at her older brother in Caesarea.
"We will be around 11 people. The head of the tribe is my mother, of course," said Limor, who will arrive on Seder night when she and her son are vaccinated against the virus.
Last year the corona caused a particularly unsuccessful Passover.
She said, "It was a terrible year. It was a very difficult Seder night, closure, social distance and isolation without families, quite alone. I made the previous Seder with my divorcee and our child together. Just the three of us, but I knew we would get out of it and celebrate again."
Limor says that her favorite food on the holiday is her mother's charoset.
"It's rare, lots of nuts and lots of wine, it soaks for a few days," she said, adding that Seder is expected to be especially festive this year.
"We sing and dance. My brother who hosts us is always full of surprises and he is one of the rare cooks. Every year he has to surprise with a dish that is a show. He also sometimes makes surprises because he likes juddets. Sometimes he projects on the projector a passage from the Haggadah with music, or "Family photos. He always makes us an amazing holiday table."
"I wish the people of Israel unity."
The Tzur family celebrates Passover, tonight (Photo: courtesy of the photographers)
Miri Tzur, an interior designer, says that this year she will spend Seder night with her grandmother in Kiryat Ata, in an event in which about 25 people are expected to participate.
"We were all vaccinated, except for one who fell ill in Corona and has not yet had to be vaccinated," she said.
"In terms of cleaning for Passover, since we cleaned most closures all year, so this time there were only 'finishes' left, mainly in the kitchen. Because I'm the designer in the family, so I believe in table design. Always every year it's my job, we do real shopping and shopping. We read "The whole Haggadah, with the songs and one who knows. This year we are also preparing personal Haggadot with the family picture of his nuclear family."
Miri hopes that this Passover will bring with it a more successful year than its predecessor.
"I wish the people of Israel unity, first thing," Miri asked.
"Passover symbolizes all the hardships we went through. When we are united we see the beauty and uniqueness, the grace and giving. Lots of health and we will have a much better financial year."
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