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For many of us, this will be the first Passover seder we've held in imperfect times. I find myself thinking of Jews in other times and places who found ways to celebrate in truly dire circumstances. At my family's seder tomorrow, we're going to talk about them. (Thread)

The Jews forced to take their Judaism underground during the Spanish Inquisition: https://www.rabbibarbara.com/secret-passover-tradition/

Secret Passover Tradition - The Seder Hamishi - Rabbi Barbara

A Secret Passover Tradition, a seder held, not on the first or second night of Passover, but on the fifth night, dates back to the time of the Inquisition.

https://www.rabbibarbara.com/secret-passover-tradition/

Jewish Union soldiers who had to find a way to make the seder during the Civil War in 1862 West Virginia: https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/passover-seders-during-the-civil-war/

Passover Seders During the Civil War | My Jewish Learning

For American Jewry during the Civil War, the Passover story was especially powerful. However, creating a seder in a war zone requires flexibility and creativity.

https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/passover-seders-during-the-civil-war/

The Warsaw Ghetto, 1943: https://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/exhibitions/warsaw_ghetto_testimonies/last_passover.asp

The Shoah: https://memoirs.azrielifoundation.org/articles-and-excerpts/new-entry

Stories of Pesach: Holocaust Survivors Remember

As I started to write this memoir, spring was approaching, and with it, the holiday of Pesach, or Passover. I don’t remember everything from my childhood, but some things, like the Passover holiday,...

https://memoirs.azrielifoundation.org/articles-and-excerpts/new-entry

Natan Sharansky's seder in the punishing cell: https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/natan-sharansky-despite-coronavirus-jews-are-connected-623822

Natan Sharansky: Despite coronavirus, Jews are connected

Ahead of the Jewish people’s first “coronavirus Passover,” the legendary hero shares a message of hope

https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/natan-sharansky-despite-coronavirus-jews-are-connected-623822

And so, so (so!) many more. Talking about their stories, for me, brings perspective, comfort and a tremendous amount of hope. Wishing you all a joyful Passover, the holiday of our collective liberation.

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