This year we celebrated Passover early, on a Sunday a few days before St. Patrickâs Day. My adult children will disperse before the official holiday, but with the darkest days of the pandemic behind us, we have much to celebrate.
South Florida Jews adjust Hanukkah celebrations due to coronavirus pandemic
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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Dozens gathered around the outdoor lighting of the menorah on Lincoln Road on Thursday. Roger Abramson, who sculpted it out of seashells, said he decided not to be there this year to avoid the risk of coronavirus infection.
Rabbi Zev Katz, of the Chabad Jewish Synagogue of Miami Beach, was singing and dancing before the first night of Hanukkah, an eight-day celebration. He wore a face mask and said he was social distancing.
“You have got to show the love from a distance,” Katz said, adding the message of Hanukkah during this pandemic is that “there is light at the end of the tunnel.”