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Robert Lindner
Passover 2021
The March moon is full, so
Passover has come again. But we know
There’s a plague upon us,
With Corona Virus,
Therefore our Exodus
Celebration of Passover must go
In a family zoom,
Instead of at one table in one room.
But we still can recall,
Pesach, when we were all
There and there was no wall
Of social distance and the plagues would loom
Over the Egyptians,
As we would remember the conditions
Of ancient slavery
Endured by us, as we
Become the memory
Of those times and of our celebrations
With parents, grandparents,
And children asking “What’s the difference
Between Pesach nights and
Others, to understand
The need for a free land?”
A question, we all answered to make sense
Of ancient history,
And modern events for our family.
So that the children could
Follow the path that would
Take them into that good
Land with the Hebrews of antiquity,
Into “The Promised Land,”
Along with Joshua, at God’s command
And Dayenu for the hand
Of God that brought plagues and
Took us across the sand,
And split the sea so we would understand
The history we can
Celebrate. A history that began
Millennia ago
When Moses learned to know
God’s will made the winds blow
For Hebrew tribes to take them to Canaan,
The “Promised Land” where we
Would be free of the bonds of slavery.
So we say, “Dayenu”
For family, we knew,
Who taught us what to do
When our Passover Seders came yearly.
Though this year we must be
Separated by distance socially,
We still can see the smiles
Of love across the miles
While they chew through the piles
Of Matzah that come with our history,
And a few cups of wine,
To drink when blessing the fruit of the vine.
It’s our tradition, so
We drink to long ago,
Those we knew, those we know.
So here’s to “Tradition” with Tevye’s line,
“L’Chai-im.” “To life, to
Life, L’Chai-im.” To life to us all who
Are here celebrating
The first full moon of spring,
And freedom’s beginning,
This March, with good Pesach to all of you.
And Happy Easter too!
Robert Lindner
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