Egypt
Passover & Holy Week
April 8, 2020Pope Francis:
“Let us pray for people who –during this time of pandemic– trade at the expense of the needy and profit from the needs of others.”
Jewish leaders are rewriting the Haggadah, the sacred text used during Passover, “drawing parallels between the Israelites’ captivity and our own quarantine,” reports The (San Jose) Mercury News.
“It is the ultimate story of freedom, filled with plagues and blessings to repair the world — and right now, perhaps for the first time, we truly get it.
Rabbi Noam Marans, director of interreligious relations at the American Jewish Committee, told AP: “‘This year we are enslaved — next year we will be free.’ That aspiration is very real this year.”
