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<blockquote data-quote="200Meters" data-source="post: 756746" data-attributes="member: 23727"><p>Israel is now up to 5,591 cases and 22 dead.</p><p></p><p>I have been declared an "essential worker who works from home" so I have been busy. Mrs. 200Meters is working a bit but is otherwise on paid leave; luckily for us, she has a ton of vacation days.</p><p></p><p>We have been getting a leg up on our <a href="http://www.jewfaq.org/holidaya.htm" target="_blank">Passover</a> cleaning, which is the source, I think for the general notion of "spring cleaning". This will be a tough Passover for Jews everywhere. Passover is <em>the</em> Jewish family holiday par excellance. There is a whole ritual meal, the <em>seder</em>, on the first night of Passover (in Israel; on the first two nights everywhere else) that for very many families is <em>the</em> event of the year. Israel is now on something approaching general lockdown. The instructions from the government (Health Ministry, Prime Minister's Office & Public Security Ministry) are to stay put and have <em>seder</em> with one's nuclear family, with those family members who live with you under the same roof <em>only</em>. No traveling to see the kids, grandkids, prents or grandparents, nada, zip, zilch, zero.</p><p></p><p>Look at...</p><p>_____</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/police-to-beef-up-enforcement-to-make-sure-nobody-gets-together-for-passover/" target="_blank">Police to beef up enforcement to make sure nobody gets together for Passover</a></p><p></p><p>Police plan on stepping up enforcement of restrictions on movements and gatherings on the eve of Passover in order to make sure extended families do not attempt to get together for the traditional seder meal.</p><p></p><p>A police source tells Walla news that police will set up extra checkpoints on highways and hit the streets in extra large forces to make sure everyone complies.</p><p></p><p>“We won’t allow leniency,” the source says, adding that fines will be handed out.</p><p></p><p>Officials have expressed worries that seemingly innocuous holiday get-togethers could lead to a major flare-up of the virus, pointing to the <a href="http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday9.htm" target="_blank">Purim</a> holiday in mid-March as a major reason for current high numbers of infected people.</p><p></p><p>“We’re very worried people getting together on Passover eve will lead to a spike in infections,” Health Ministry legal adviser Uri Schwartz says during a press briefing.</p><p></p><p>Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan says the issue is “our biggest fear right now.”</p><p></p><p>Only members of nuclear families who live together will be allowed to celebrate the traditional retelling of the Exodus from Egypt together.</p><p>_____</p><p></p><p>So it looks like Mrs. 200Meters & I will be on our own; we will make the best of it. This will be our first vegetarian Passover. Youngest will be spending his 2nd Passover in the hoosegow. Oldest & Ladyfriend can go to Ladyfriend's parents who live a few blocks from them (regulations, shmegulations).</p><p></p><p>We still go to the supermarket. I am prepared to wait in line to get in (the number of shoppers who ca be inside is carefully limited). We do <em>not</em> order groceries on line; that is not for us.</p><p></p><p>What are y'all up to?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="200Meters, post: 756746, member: 23727"] Israel is now up to 5,591 cases and 22 dead. I have been declared an "essential worker who works from home" so I have been busy. Mrs. 200Meters is working a bit but is otherwise on paid leave; luckily for us, she has a ton of vacation days. We have been getting a leg up on our [URL='http://www.jewfaq.org/holidaya.htm']Passover[/URL] cleaning, which is the source, I think for the general notion of "spring cleaning". This will be a tough Passover for Jews everywhere. Passover is [I]the[/I] Jewish family holiday par excellance. There is a whole ritual meal, the [I]seder[/I], on the first night of Passover (in Israel; on the first two nights everywhere else) that for very many families is [I]the[/I] event of the year. Israel is now on something approaching general lockdown. The instructions from the government (Health Ministry, Prime Minister's Office & Public Security Ministry) are to stay put and have [I]seder[/I] with one's nuclear family, with those family members who live with you under the same roof [I]only[/I]. No traveling to see the kids, grandkids, prents or grandparents, nada, zip, zilch, zero. Look at... _____ [URL='https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/police-to-beef-up-enforcement-to-make-sure-nobody-gets-together-for-passover/']Police to beef up enforcement to make sure nobody gets together for Passover[/URL] Police plan on stepping up enforcement of restrictions on movements and gatherings on the eve of Passover in order to make sure extended families do not attempt to get together for the traditional seder meal. A police source tells Walla news that police will set up extra checkpoints on highways and hit the streets in extra large forces to make sure everyone complies. “We won’t allow leniency,” the source says, adding that fines will be handed out. Officials have expressed worries that seemingly innocuous holiday get-togethers could lead to a major flare-up of the virus, pointing to the [URL='http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday9.htm']Purim[/URL] holiday in mid-March as a major reason for current high numbers of infected people. “We’re very worried people getting together on Passover eve will lead to a spike in infections,” Health Ministry legal adviser Uri Schwartz says during a press briefing. Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan says the issue is “our biggest fear right now.” Only members of nuclear families who live together will be allowed to celebrate the traditional retelling of the Exodus from Egypt together. _____ So it looks like Mrs. 200Meters & I will be on our own; we will make the best of it. This will be our first vegetarian Passover. Youngest will be spending his 2nd Passover in the hoosegow. Oldest & Ladyfriend can go to Ladyfriend's parents who live a few blocks from them (regulations, shmegulations). We still go to the supermarket. I am prepared to wait in line to get in (the number of shoppers who ca be inside is carefully limited). We do [I]not[/I] order groceries on line; that is not for us. What are y'all up to? [/QUOTE]
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