Happy Holidays! I hope you had a great weekend.
For Christians, today is Easter Sunday - the holiday celebrating the Resurrection.
For Jews, it's still Passover - the holiday recounting the Exodus from Egypt.
The overlap can be seen in DaVinci's Last Supper, a Passover Seder, and last meal Jesus ate before his crucifixion.
For both, it's a holy and family-centric time. A reminder to appreciate what we have, and how we stand on the shoulders of our ancestors.
One of the memorable phrases from Exodus is when Moses says "Let my people go!" For generations, people assumed he was talking to the Pharoh about his people's freedom. After a week of eating clogging matzoh, matzoh balls, and even fried matzoh ... for many Jews "Let my people go" takes on a different meaning.
For Jews, a notable part of the ritual Seder dinner is naming each of the 10 plagues that rained over Egypt and saying "never again".
Perhaps, this year, COVID-19 gets added the list?
Yet, just like the Jews making it through slavery, the plagues, and 40 years wandering through the wilderness and desert before entering the Promised Land ... we too will make it through this.
With that said, some of what happened is good. Mine your experience for the things you want to keep doing (or continue not doing) once things go back to "normal". In addition, some of those close to me continue to remind me that being sheltered-in-place is a great excuse to do both a physical and mental spring cleaning.
Hope you had a great weekend.
Onwards!
