As decribed by Chabbad teaching, hand washing is a sensitive and cosmic task as to perform the ritualistic handling of food to manipulate spiritual truths and so our hands should be clean. Hand washing takes on a new meaning during this Covid-19 pandemic. We have learned to count to 20 or sing Happy Birthday twice as we scrub all surfaces and crevices of our hands. Our new practice can be life saving, not only for us but for someone we might unwittingly shed the virus to, even if we were asymtomatic. We are caring for others by taking this obligation to heart.


haggadah Section: Urchatz