Passover Seder
Traditionally, Jews gather together to observe Passover at a seder and everyone is together in one home or community space. This year, that won't be possible for most families and communities (unless you already live together, please stay home as difficult as it is), so it's time to get creative.
Many people are used to going to someone else's home and haven't planned to have a seder in their own home so visit the Chabad site, Reform Judaism site, or get a secular perspective of Passover for a primer and tips on all things Passover. You can find a Haggadah that everyone can share or already has, or more fun and personal, make your own at Haggadot.com. They have a collection of premade focused Haggadot including a coloring book one!
Invite
Invite those who you want to join your seder(s) any way you like, but digital invitations like Evite are great options. They even have a built in video chat tool right in the evite that allows up to 8 computers at once.
If you don't use that service or have more than 8 homes participating, use one of the other options (see our home page for some tools) to be together in different spaces. Using more than one will create feedback from the audio, so if you have more than one screen being used near another, be sure to mute all but one. You can keep the video stream on while you eat, or end the call then and join back up at a predetermined time to finish the seder and find the Afikomen!
The meal
If you have family favorite recipes, create a shared document and invite everyone to share what they usually make so they can all plan and shop. If some ingredients aren't available, don't go to multiple locations, just use what you have.
If you like, make that traditional family recipe together on video chat ahead of time.
If you are nearby one another, you could make a bigger batch, divide it up and deliver or have a porch pickup a day or two ahead of time, Do be careful and clean the containers and heat food up to avoid cross contamination.
Technology Use on Holidays
Orthodox and other traditionally observant Jews do not use lights or electrical appliances on the Sabbath and other holidays; however there is no prohibition on using a light that was turned on before the Sabbath.
So while you may not be comfortable using technology to connect and Chabad has some suggestions on how to have a pre-seder Zoom gathering. However many rabbis have been ruling that you can, so long as the connection begins before the seder begins. You know your own family and level of comfort with technology use during high holidays, so we encourage you to do what feel right for you, so long as you aren't going into one another's homes physically. Can you invite Elijah in, or does that break the social distancing rule? Each person can send something special to be read in the other homes at various points in the seder either way you connect.
Creativity, this is the time for novel solutions!