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bobeli
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 Tue, Jan 19 2021, 12:30 am
Will you go to less people?
O will you give prepackaged food instead of homemade?
Any difference with kids costume?
Different party plans than normal years?
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heidi
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Tue, Jan 19 2021, 12:37 am
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Stores aren't opening for at least another 2 weeks here in Israel. I'll probably give a supermarket plastic bag with an orange inside
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Tue, Jan 19 2021, 12:55 am
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No Seudah with friends. Will give mm that can be reheated I think.
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IMHopinion
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Tue, Jan 19 2021, 1:07 am
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I’ll be wearing a mask 😷😏😏😏
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Tue, Jan 19 2021, 3:02 am
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B"h by Purim everyone in my family will be fully vaccinated, so even though a mere month ago it was totally inconceivable to plan on seeing each other, it might actually be a real possibility this year. But I wouldn't be surprised if the government renews the lockdown (I'm in Israel), assuming we even get out of our current lockdown by then. If we're permitted, maybe we will do a very little seuda and I'll do quick simple mm drop-offs (a lot of people I know are in quarantine at any given time so it really will be a doorstep drop-off in some cases). Of course, this also depends on the new strains and the effectiveness of the vaccine-induced antibodies against these strains.
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Tue, Jan 19 2021, 3:37 am
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Hopefully, by Purim we’ll all be vaccinated. My parents ILs and grandfather will IYH be way past the point of developing antibodies after their second vaccination and hopefully DH and I will get a vaccine next week (might be wishful thinking) so should be past the second vaccine by Purim, however I have a child who is high risk - so it really depends on how well the country will be doing at that point in time. Impossible to know or plan now.
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shabbatiscoming
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Tue, Jan 19 2021, 4:12 am
Even though a few of my family member will have been vaccinated by then, we will still not be having any family get togethers as not everyone will be vaccinated by then (none of the grandkids or pregnant women).
And we will definitely have t be much more careful in regards to what we give and what w take from others as mishloach manot.
We will probably give a bag of bisli and a fruit, noting home made as not everyone shares made food.
It will be sadder than last year. Last year, for us anyway, was a normal purim. This year it will not be.
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DVOM
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Tue, Jan 19 2021, 6:14 am
I will be careful to mask and distance as I'm pregnant, haven't been vaccinated, and (thank God!) have not had Covid.
The vast majority of my family and community have had it or have been vaccinated, so I may be the only one taking precautions.
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Tue, Jan 19 2021, 6:21 am
Last year, shutdown happened shortly afterward Purim. At the time, we had been instructed by government and WHO not to mask (in order not to use supplies medical professionals might need), so all we did differently was wash our hands with soap before using the washing cup at seudah, and talk about how careful we were being. All homemade MM, lots of delivery, crowds in shul, big seudah, dancing.
This year, we'll probably send two things to one friend, and do communal cards/prepacked things through shul to anyone else on our list. Anyone delivering or greeting in our community will almost certainly be masked, kids will probably wear costumes. Probably won't be school Purim carnivals. Masks and limited numbers in shul, we're planning to invite one pair of friends, a married couple with no kids, to a SD backyard brunch seudah, keep tables apart, unmask only while eating. They're so extra careful, they'll probably bring their own food.
We'll be davening that by next year, we will be able to celebrate as before.
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Tue, Jan 19 2021, 7:40 am
I will probably go to a Zoom megillah reading and will not be going to the purim party that my machatonim are not making (no, that's not a typo, they're not making a party and we're not going), which means that my costume, if any, will probably be limited to a headdress of some sort or maybe just a humorous face covering embellishment. I don't expect the number of MM to be reduced as we just drop them off at people's doors, anyway.
As I'm sure some people will discard any MM that isn't in a sealed commercial package, I will probably not bother making hamantashen, which are the only homemade food I ever send. There is no evidence that food is a vector for the spread of COVID--it's the congregating around the tables that's the problem, which is why food is now served in grab-and-go form. With homemade food the real concern is fecal bacteria like E.coli and cold-flu viruses, especially when MM come from households with small children whose personal hygiene leaves something to be desired and who have a habit of touching everything they see, even when mommy says "don't touch, that's for MM."
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Tue, Jan 19 2021, 9:44 am
| zaq wrote: | I will probably go to a Zoom megillah reading and will not be going to the purim party that my machatonim are not making (no, that's not a typo, they're not making a party and we're not going), which means that my costume, if any, will probably be limited to a headdress of some sort or maybe just a humorous face covering embellishment. I don't expect the number of MM to be reduced as we just drop them off at people's doors, anyway.
As I'm sure some people will discard any MM that isn't in a sealed commercial package, I will probably not bother making hamantashen, which are the only homemade food I ever send. There is no evidence that food is a vector for the spread of COVID--it's the congregating around the tables that's the problem, which is why food is now served in grab-and-go form. With homemade food the real concern is fecal bacteria like E.coli and cold-flu viruses, especially when MM come from households with small children whose personal hygiene leaves something to be desired and who have a habit of touching everything they see, even when mommy says "don't touch, that's for MM." |
You can get the same Purim costume I usually wear
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Tue, Jan 19 2021, 9:51 am
It’s funny to see how many people are saying no homemade foods when a) that’s probably the lowest transfer rate of the virus and b) for me personally it always depends how it looks and who it’s from if I’ll eat it or not. Lol.
Where I live not much will be different. Covid is a long past “dream” of many here. Personally I will avoid large crowds, probably sit in the kitchen for the family meal, and outside for Megillah at Shul. With a mask. Thankful that it’s Friday though.
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