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Source: https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/opinion-this-year-in-a-covid-19-ward-next-year-in-jerusalem/
This Year in a Covid-19 Ward in Jerusalem
(Jewish News-UK) Rachel Gemara - I am a nurse at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, taking care of coronavirus patients. I spent my Passover Seder this year in the operations room looking on as the corona patients inside the unit had their very own unique Seder. That afternoon, a nurse went in to set up a beautiful table for the patients that are well enough to sit. We also arranged portable oxygen tanks for the patients that need constant oxygen supply. The rabbi leading the Seder is a new patient - he arrived the day before. I'm in awe as I watch him give religious commentaries and excitedly engage the other patients throughout the Seder. Even under unfortunate circumstances he has turned this experience into a positive one for everyone there. It's amazing to watch them help each other out, bringing the elderly patients in with wheelchairs. By the end of the Seder, they get up to form a circle and dance and sing: Next year in Jerusalem. Many with tears in their eyes, they hug each other and shake hands. The brotherhood is so strong I can feel it just by watching the screen.