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Question There is an ancient custom for Jewishfirstborns to fast on the day before Passover (read why here)until they participate in a siyum(the completion of a tractate of Talmud) or another mitzvah celebration. It iscustomary to arrange a siyum in thesynagogue after morning prayers to allow the firstborns to eat for theremainder of this very busy day. With most synagogues shuttered and communitiesin lockdown, how is a firstborn to proceed?
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admin | April 2, 2020
Shira Haas in Unorthodox Esty Shapiro is being persecuted for being a Jew.
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As the world is besieged by a spreading virus, our thoughts focus on our own health, the health of our loved ones, and the health of an ailing economy, and we experience fear, loneliness and isolation. For some, the nightmare began just as the holiday of Purim was celebrated, which unwittingly helped to spread the virus.For the past few weeks as the Passover holiday inched toward us, preparations for the commemoration and celebration of the holiday have given rise to growing angst. What in other years seemed simple packing our bags to spend the holiday in the home of family or friends or in a hotel, or cleaning, shopping for and preparing holiday treats has suddenly become immensely complicated
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What is the secret sauce that holds a family together?
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Shira Haas plays Esther Shapiro or "Esty" in Netflix' new series "Unorthodox." (Netflix/Anika Molnar) In the first episode of "Unorthodox," a new original series from Netflix, Esther Shapiro or "Esty" (Shira Haas) as she is known in her family and ultra-Orthodox Yiddish-speaking Satmar Hasidic community in Williamsburg (Brooklyn), is 19 years old. She is on her way to meet her husband, Yakov, or "Yanky," (Amit Rahav) for Shabbat dinner at her in-laws' house, or so she says. She is carrying a small plastic bag when she meets some young mothers in the lobby of her apartment house
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