As Passover concludes, the author reflects on the significance of tisch, a Yiddish term representing both a physical table and the communal gatherings around it. These gatherings serve as spaces for nourishment, inspiration, and solidarity, especially within Hasidic communities. The author shares personal anecdotes about their own family’s table, symbolizing resilience and a connection to tradition, emphasizing that these tables can be central to one’s spiritual practice and communal identity versus being mere pieces of furniture.
"At a tisch, acolytes of all ages would cram around the table for an excess of food, drink, songs, words of inspiration and, perhaps most importantly, solidarity."
"The table gave them access to a dignified civil routine that they and many of their contemporaries had feared would forever be lost to them, and which many of us take for granted."
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