Gabe Silverman's Zoom bar mitzvah was a first for his congregation. Two days before the ceremony, his rabbi made a special delivery. 'Rabbi Danny just came to our driveway with the Torah seatbelted in the front seat,' he says.
"Rabbi Danny just came to our driveway with the Torah seatbelted in the front seat," Gabe recalled."It was wrapped up, seatbelted, and then he handed it off to my dad."
At his bar mitzvah, as soon as Gabe finishes reading from that Torah, he looks at his parents, smiles and noticeably exhales. For him, the toughest part is over."I felt really good that we'd been able to give him an experience," Burkeman said."And you could see in his face and in the face of his family that this was meaningful for them."The SilvermansGabe wanted to read from an actual Torah, not the sheets of paper he used for practice.
"I'm very compassionate for people who are making the other decision to postpone and do it in person," she said."But for us, in that moment, it was the right decision. It was more special because of the circumstances." As she talks, Erica sits next to Gabe and her husband Scott. The Torah is still there, a couple feet away on the dining room table.Erica and Scott wonder if they'll need to celebrate with a big bar mitzvah party when family and friends can gather again. And Gabe?The pandemic has made the service — the actual religious ritual — the place where the most meaningful and memorable moments happen.
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