Essays about Covid from 9th Grade Students
Home → Essays about Covid from 9th Grade Students February 17, 2021
nd annual Esther Malka
national writing contest by the 9
th grade students of Mesivta
Shaarei Chaim.
By Yisrael Lauer
It was March 10, 2020, and it came.
We were not prepared. It killed, it ruined lives, it changed the course
of history. Now, you might be asking, “What is, it?” Well, its name
is COVID -19.
It was a lovely day, the sun was
shining, candies were flying. It was the one time of year that parents
are happy to see their kids eating candy. It was Purim! But then
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Ultra orthodox jewish man attend the funeral of late Rabbi Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik, spiritual leader of the Mir Yeshiva, on January 31, 2021, in Jerusalem. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
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In my mind, last winter never happened. I have no memory of snow, of the hard and frozen ground, of salt sprinkled on the front steps, or of long stalagmites of ice hanging from the gutters. However hard I try, I remember nothing. I am like a woman whose limb suddenly becomes paralyzed, who tries over and over to lift it, and is disappointed, again and again, when it does not move. The only thing I remember is a candle.
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