Back to Normal

On Friday, May 14, 2021, the governor of Minnesota lifted the mask mandate. The residents of the state were elated.

“Thank You, Hashem. Hodu l’Hashem ki tov” could be heard throughout the halls of the Bais Yaakov in Minneapolis. Students joyfully discarded their masks and removed all the signs from the wall reminding them to put one on. After sitting in class with a mask for the entire year, it was a thrill to finally be mask-free!

I overheard a conversation between two students that day:

Student A: “This isn’t normal. I can’t believe we’re allowed to be in school without a mask. It feels so strange.”