{"id":2685,"date":"2020-06-02T15:59:07","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T19:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/?p=2685"},"modified":"2020-06-02T15:59:07","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T19:59:07","slug":"coronavirus-in-israel-passover-curfew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/coronavirus-in-israel-passover-curfew\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus in Israel: Passover Curfew"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2686\" style=\"width: 543px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2686\" class=\" wp-image-2686\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/06\/corona-mask-350x238.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"533\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/06\/corona-mask-350x238.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/06\/corona-mask.jpg 628w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2686\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Passover\u00a0(<em>Pesach<\/em>\u00a0in Hebrew) is one of the most\u00a0important\u00a0Jewish religious festivals.<\/p>\n<p>Jews have celebrated Passover\u00a0since about 1300 BC, following the rules laid down by God in the book of Exodus. Preparations begin weeks ahead. The ritual feast called Seder Pesach marks the beginning of the of\u00a0week-long-holiday. In Seder Pesach multigenerational families, relatives, and friends gather around their large family table to commemorate the Israelites\u2019 liberation from bondage in ancient Egypt. They enjoy traditional food and beverages, and observe all the symbols and ceremonies of this special evening.<\/p>\n<p>This year, the holiday of Pesach was celebrated from April 8 to April 16, 2020. Seder Pesach was observed at sunset on Wednesday 8 April. But this time, there were no large tables and no guests. Israelis were already confined to their homes for almost a month due to the coronavirus lockdown (<strong>\u05d4\u05b6\u05e1\u05b0\u05d2\u05bc\u05b5\u05e8<\/strong>). Public venturing further than 100 meters from home was banned. Gatherings were restricted to only two people. All social activities were conducted through the phone and the computer.<\/p>\n<p>In order to make sure people wouldn\u2019t break the lockdown directives for Pesach holiday, traditionally a festival of freedom and community, a full nationwide curfew (<strong>\u05e2\u05b9\u05d5\u05e6\u05b6\u05e8<\/strong>) was declared. The government tightened the general lockdown with additional restrictions (<strong>\u05d4\u05b7\u05d2\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc\u05d5\u05ba\u05ea<\/strong>). All travel between cities was banned from Tuesday evening until Friday morning. And from Wednesday afternoon until Thursday morning, residents had to remain at home with no visitors allowed. <em>The pandemic requires us to change our way of celebrating<\/em>, Prime Minister Netanyahu said. The public was inquired to hold the traditional meal only with those confined together in the same house, forcing \u00a0thousands of elderly people\u00a0to spend the holiday alone, without their children or grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p><em>We don\u2019t want people moving around from one family to another on Seder night<\/em>, said the Minister of Interior (<strong>\u05e9\u05c2\u05b7\u05e8<\/strong> <strong>\u05d4\u05b7\u05e4\u05bc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd<\/strong>). Thousands of police officers were deployed throughout the country to enforce the curfew. About 1,400 IDF soldiers helped at checkpoints at city borders and surprise checks on highways. Helicopters and drones were deployed, too, to ensure (<strong>\u05dc\u05b0\u05d4\u05b7\u05d1\u05b0\u05d8\u05b4\u05d9\u05d7\u05b7<\/strong>) Israelis were adhering to the restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>Israel gets ready for the curfew in the next article:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u05e2\u05d5\u05e6\u05e8 \u05d1\u05dc\u05d9\u05dc \u05d4\u05e1\u05d3\u05e8: \u05d4\u05e1\u05d2\u05e8 \u05e2\u05dc \u05d9\u05d9\u05e9\u05d5\u05d1\u05d9 \u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc \u05e0\u05db\u05e0\u05e1 \u05dc\u05ea\u05d5\u05e7\u05e3\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vkFVgNLhRVg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For the first time a live Seder was broadcast on TV. Channel 12 produced a special show called <em>The Large Israeli Seder<\/em>, celebrating Pesach Eve with the viewers. Videos of celebrities feasting at their home were broadcast during the evening. Among them, a certain video led to public criticism (<strong>\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05e7\u05bc\u05b9\u05d5\u05e8\u05b6\u05ea<\/strong>): the video of Prime Minister Netanyahu holding the Seder with his son, who shares an apartment with his girlfriend. Sources said the son had slept in the Prime Minister\u2019s Residence in the past month. But many still thought that the Prime Minister (<strong>\u05e8\u05b9\u05d0\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05b6\u05bc\u05de\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4<\/strong>), who has repeatedly beseeched (<strong>\u05dc\u05b0\u05d4\u05b7\u05e4\u05b0\u05e6\u05c5\u05d9\u05e8<\/strong>) young people not to hold the traditional meal with their elderly parents, should have set an example.<\/p>\n<p>Two days later, news about Israeli President Rivlin flouting the regulations (<strong>\u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05e7\u05bc\u05b8\u05e0\u05d5\u05ba\u05ea<\/strong>) were published. Rivlin hosted his daughter, her husband, and their two children for the Seder and the holiday. Everyone in the family had tested negative for coronavirus before being confined together. The public expressed outrage over the violation (<strong>\u05d4\u05b2\u05e4\u05b8\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4<\/strong>) of restrictions and also over the virus tests, as many Israelis\u2019 requests to be checked had been denied. The 81-year-old president (<strong>\u05e0\u05b8\u05e9\u05c2\u05b4\u05d9\u05d0<\/strong>), who had undergone pacemaker implantation three years ago, resources explained, has been assisted by his children during weekends and holidays since his wife passed away. <em>I understand the harsh responses, and wish to apologize<\/em>, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Three more top officials were noted by the press to have celebrated the Seder with relatives:\u00a0party leader\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Avigdor_Lieberman\">Avigdor Lieberman<\/a>,\u00a0Minister of Immigration and Absorption (<strong>\u05e9\u05c2\u05b7\u05e8 \u05d4\u05b8\u05e2\u05b2\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b7\u05e7\u05bc\u05b0\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9\u05d8\u05b8\u05d4<\/strong>)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yoav_Galant\">Yoav Galant<\/a>, and\u00a0Knesset\u00a0Member\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nir_Barkat\">Nir Barkat<\/a>; prompting outrage among the public who followed the instructions (<strong>\u05d4\u05b7\u05e0\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5\u05ba\u05ea<\/strong>) and let its elders sit alone around an empty table on a such important holiday.<\/p>\n<p>For advanced Hebrew reading check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarker.com\/consumer\/health\/1.8757008\">this article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><u>Text vocabulary<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister = \u05e8\u05b9\u05d0\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05b6\u05bc\u05de\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4<\/p>\n<p>President = \u05e0\u05b8\u05e9\u05c2\u05b4\u05d9\u05d0<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Interior = \u05e9\u05c2\u05b7\u05e8 \u05d4\u05b7\u05e4\u05bc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Immigration and Absorption = \u05e9\u05c2\u05b7\u05e8 \u05d4\u05b8\u05e2\u05b2\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b7\u05e7\u05bc\u05b0\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9\u05d8\u05b8\u05d4<\/p>\n<p>Lockdown = \u05d4\u05b6\u05e1\u05b0\u05d2\u05bc\u05b5\u05e8<\/p>\n<p>Curfew = \u05e2\u05b9\u05d5\u05e6\u05b6\u05e8<\/p>\n<p>To ensure = \u05dc\u05b0\u05d4\u05b7\u05d1\u05b0\u05d8\u05b4\u05d9\u05d7\u05b7<\/p>\n<p>To beseech = \u05dc\u05b0\u05d4\u05b7\u05e4\u05b0\u05e6\u05c5\u05d9\u05e8<\/p>\n<p>Restriction = \u05d4\u05b7\u05d2\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4<\/p>\n<p>Instruction = \u05d4\u05b7\u05e0\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05d9\u05b8\u05d4<\/p>\n<p>Regulation = \u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05e7\u05bc\u05b8\u05e0\u05b8\u05d4<\/p>\n<p>Violation = \u05d4\u05b2\u05e4\u05b8\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4<\/p>\n<p>Criticism = \u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05e7\u05bc\u05b9\u05d5\u05e8\u05b6\u05ea<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Keep Calm and Learn Hebrew!<\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"238\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/06\/corona-mask-350x238.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/06\/corona-mask-350x238.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2020\/06\/corona-mask.jpg 628w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Passover\u00a0(Pesach\u00a0in Hebrew) is one of the most\u00a0important\u00a0Jewish religious festivals. Jews have celebrated Passover\u00a0since about 1300 BC, following the rules laid down by God in the book of Exodus. Preparations begin weeks ahead. The ritual feast called Seder Pesach marks the beginning of the of\u00a0week-long-holiday. 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