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Describe 2020 in a Single Sentence

Time Magazine called 2020 “the worst year ever.” How would you describe this past secular year which has upended life in every possible way and created a 'new normal' for so many individually and collectively? Comment with a single word or sentence. Comments

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2020
December 31, 2020 11:28 pm

The year of the Zoom

China
December 31, 2020 11:31 pm

2020 – the year we lost to China 🇨🇳

2020 in a word?
December 31, 2020 11:32 pm

Oysgezoomt

BH
December 31, 2020 11:37 pm

BH

Moshiach breakout!!
December 31, 2020 11:38 pm

We knew everything would turn on its head before moshiach coming.. We just didn’t know what that meant!! Who could have dreamed this one up?

1 sentence
December 31, 2020 11:38 pm

Trust in Hashem

...
December 31, 2020 11:38 pm

a year we all want to forget

Think a bit...
Reply to  ...
January 1, 2021 12:47 am

There is plenty good. To forget means to not take any lessons from etc. I’m sure you learnt something positive from 2020 and if you haven’t, that doesn’t mean we all haven’t. I want to remember this year and grow from it

Growth
December 31, 2020 11:40 pm

The year of patience
The year of seeing we are stronger than we think
The year of overcoming challenges
The year of appreciating breathing, tasting, smelling
The year of joy from the small stuff

!
December 31, 2020 11:42 pm

Precious / grateful (it made everyone stop and think about life)

Zoom
December 31, 2020 11:44 pm

The year that zoomed by

Worst year ever??
December 31, 2020 11:45 pm

I guess they were not in Russia in 1938
Or Europe during the war and concentration camps
Spoiled self centered American snowflakes

Or...
Reply to  Worst year ever??
January 1, 2021 10:13 am

…during the Black Death (30% or more mortality rate, not 0.6%)

…at the time of the Churban, when parents were eating their children

Etc., etc. So yes, not just spoiled, but bereft of any sense of history or proportion.

Lol
Reply to  Worst year ever??
January 1, 2021 10:46 am

were you?

No one is comparing
Reply to  Worst year ever??
January 1, 2021 11:12 am

But you can’t tell a young orphan that this was not the worst year for them just because they didn’t live through the holocaust
Having a family ripped apart by death is tragic no matter when it happens

They didn't say
Reply to  No one is comparing
January 1, 2021 12:27 pm

“worst year ever _for me_” or “_for you_.” They said “worst year ever,” period. So yes, pointing out that this one probably doesn’t even crack the top 10 is perfectly in order.

orphans
Reply to  No one is comparing
January 1, 2021 2:36 pm

but this is not what Time is saying. The comments still stand. May it be a much better year for all the world… yes, Mashiach ,please!!!!!!

Terrible to compare
Reply to  Worst year ever??
January 1, 2021 12:14 pm

A person is allowed to struggle.

For many this was the most difficult year of their lives.

The fact that “others have it worse” has never brought healing or comfort to anyone.

Jews are rachmonim – have rachmonus on people who are suffering, here and now, and don’t tell them that they’re ungrateful.

Never going to a party again
December 31, 2020 11:48 pm

An introvert’s Dream

....
December 31, 2020 11:49 pm

the year my jewish community let the world down and didn’t wear our masks.

Anonymous
Reply to  ....
January 1, 2021 2:00 am

The year you got fooled

So sad
Reply to  ....
January 2, 2021 3:54 pm

Yes!
A big Chilul Hashem, whether, you believe in masks/ covid or not, they still did the opposite of what the gov said

..
December 31, 2020 11:49 pm

The great reset

....
December 31, 2020 11:50 pm

the year when systemic racism finally starting to be acknowledged.

You mean..
Reply to  ....
January 1, 2021 12:25 am

When they close down shuls, but encourage BLM looting. you probably mean systemic racism pro blacks and against Jews. Oh, I forgot, that’s not called racism….

Right
Reply to  You mean..
January 1, 2021 1:03 am

That person probably meant anti semitism

silver lining
December 31, 2020 11:51 pm

the year trump lost the election

Anonymous
Reply to  silver lining
January 1, 2021 12:19 pm

You mean the Dems/Zuckerberg STOLE the election. Trump won by a landslide. We all know it. Did Biden really get 12 million more votes than Obama? Don’t think so

🇺🇸trump 2020🇺🇸
Reply to  silver lining
January 1, 2021 2:35 pm

Trump won Biden cheated

what
Reply to  silver lining
January 6, 2021 7:58 pm

don’t tell me that a man who couldn’t fill up a highschool hall got 12 million + more votes than obama

Bd”h
December 31, 2020 11:51 pm

The year we lost some of our best and greatest chasidim

painful
December 31, 2020 11:52 pm

one of the saddest times in our history.

2020
December 31, 2020 11:55 pm

A year we must all remember in honor of the thousands and thousands of lives lost due to the carelessness of those who refuse to wear masks.

Please,
Reply to  2020
January 1, 2021 12:18 am

So many passed away before any discussion of masks came up.

Anonymous
Reply to  Please,
January 1, 2021 1:58 am

Shhh… don’t tell the facts to the mask cult. They might accuse you of murder

...
Reply to  Anonymous
January 2, 2021 3:56 pm

Lol

Think again
Reply to  2020
January 1, 2021 12:25 am

Hashem decides when a person’s time comes. People wearing a mask can’t keep them alive unless Hashem still wants them here. WE ARE NOT SMARTER THAN HASHEM.

True
Reply to  Think again
January 2, 2021 6:32 am

Yes, absolutely true. But it is the smart ones who actually put on the masks not only for themselves but for the sake of others.

This is a gezeirah
Reply to  2020
January 1, 2021 11:14 am

Human beings are not powerful enough to cause deaths.

BLM
December 31, 2020 11:58 pm

The year George Floyd woke this country up and white people finally started listening.

Anonymous
Reply to  BLM
January 1, 2021 1:30 am

Sure. Started listening how BLM were free to destroy Black owned business’ and places of employment. Create a tremendous surge in black crime victims thanks to the abolish the police push and no bail. Fundraise millions off the backs of blacks but did not use it to uplift a single black community. Can’t fix stupid

Anonymous
Reply to  Anonymous
January 1, 2021 12:26 pm

With such friends who needs enemies? I actually feel bad for my decent black neighbors…

Anonymous
Reply to  BLM
January 1, 2021 1:55 am

George Floyd? Did you know this was his 9th arrest? Did you know he put a gun to a pregnant black woman’s belly while holding her up in her own home so his pal can clean out her stuff? George Floyd the Saint! And what the hell does George Floyd have anything to do with the cops up here in NYC? And guess who controlled all the levers of power in his town at the time? The super caring democrat party saviours of no one. They are exclusively responsible for how badly George Floyd was treated. But let’s elect them… Read more »

Ok
Reply to  Anonymous
January 3, 2021 10:39 pm

That still doesn’t make it right to kneel on someone neck!

BLM???
Reply to  BLM
January 1, 2021 3:01 pm

You realize that kissing up to a bunch of angry Marxists won’t win you any points, right? You’re a Jew, which means that you’re just a politically exploitable pawn, enough to show that “we have jews on our side” before aaaaallll the anti-Semitic tropes come back. You got duped, and you deserve it.

Social justice
December 31, 2020 11:59 pm

BLM and their inspiration and their strength

You misspelled
Reply to  Social justice
January 1, 2021 10:15 am

“rioting” and “looting.”

Forget the secular
January 1, 2021 12:04 am

The year is still 5781 and we need to keep building in Torah and mitzvos, keep pushing for a bigger and better Chidon, more mivtzoim, more people learning likutei sichos and chitas than ever before

Hope
January 1, 2021 12:08 am

The year Biden won and America holds the promise of hope again.

Anonymous
Reply to  Hope
January 1, 2021 1:35 am

Didn’t Obama promise hope too? And did nothing. I guess one can always offer a promise of hope again. Especially after grifting in public office for 40+ yrs. Recycle reuse. Rinse repeat

Anonymous
Reply to  Anonymous
January 1, 2021 12:56 pm

And steal the taxpayers$. Rob them blind. And use whatever is left to harass and oppress them. Modern day slavery.

What did Trump do?
Reply to  Anonymous
January 3, 2021 3:31 pm

Even if you say Obama didn’t add to America, he didn’t take away. Even before COVID, America was in a BAD place with Trump in the lead! The debt is more than ever before! Decibel!

Thank you Hashem
January 1, 2021 12:09 am

Thank you Hashem. Thank you Hashem. Thank you Hashem!

...
January 1, 2021 12:11 am

the year that has hopefully made us all better, more compassionate individuals.

Nice year
January 1, 2021 12:13 am

A year of growth with some hard parts that were never experienced before.

2020
January 1, 2021 12:15 am

The year a woman of color became VP thank Gd

Seriously?
Reply to  2020
January 1, 2021 12:26 am

Is that what makes a VP?/

Anonymous
Reply to  Seriously?
January 1, 2021 1:37 am

Yes if it’s her only claim to fame. Except that she had always identified herself as Indian up until now. Fake. Perfect for made in China.

Anonymous
January 1, 2021 12:16 am

Deceptive. Unmasked politicians.

Positive
January 1, 2021 12:18 am

One step closer to the geula shlaima!

Most true
Reply to  Positive
January 1, 2021 1:04 am

Moshiach now! Ad mosai!

A different year
January 1, 2021 12:24 am

A year that challenged us to rethink, reinvent, readjust

No words
January 1, 2021 12:31 am

Just tears for all the lives lost throughout this country and the world

A yid
January 1, 2021 12:36 am

It was a hard year but thanks to hashem we lived to 2021

family
January 1, 2021 12:37 am

finding a new appreciation for your loved ones

Thankfulness
January 1, 2021 12:53 am

A year of appreciating the blessings we have, and being present

A positive outlook of it
January 1, 2021 12:54 am

We learned to cook, be creative, spend time with our families, reconnect and reunite in a way that the Rebbe has taught us to use technology which we never had before and came just when we needed it the most!

The year of...
January 1, 2021 1:05 am

America becoming communism

Sad
January 1, 2021 1:36 am

The year that our schools risked the lives of their teachers and staff in the name of education.

Anonymous
Reply to  Sad
January 1, 2021 12:29 pm

Not one teacher was forced to return against their will

Maybe
Reply to  Anonymous
January 1, 2021 2:54 pm

Peer pressure?

Anonynmous
Reply to  Anonymous
January 2, 2021 4:00 pm

money?

Growth
January 1, 2021 1:55 am

Year of Growth

Project likutei sichos
January 1, 2021 3:14 am

2020 was the year of project likutei sichos. Thousands have joined…put away the politics and help us learn the Rebbe’s Torah together!

MRS PERL ARBOR
January 1, 2021 5:02 am

A year of priorities

YAKNAHAZ
January 1, 2021 5:03 am

SHNAS HINEI MOSHIACH BO

Rabbi Meir Kahane
January 1, 2021 5:04 am

2020 milchemes gog umogog

ALFRED E NEWMAN
January 1, 2021 5:05 am

A year we received 2020 vision

THE LETZTER DOR
January 1, 2021 5:07 am

A year of revealed goodness

Anonymous
Reply to  THE LETZTER DOR
January 1, 2021 12:32 pm

When yidden completely broke through the tzimtzum by still celebrating Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and especially Sukkos beyond the pale of average. It was a Simcha ad bli dai. My most beautiful tishrei ever!

Kain bakodesh
January 1, 2021 5:09 am

a year when Jewish Lives Mattered more than ever

Anonynmous
Reply to  Kain bakodesh
January 2, 2021 4:01 pm

I would say, a year when life in general mattered more than ever 😉

Michael Pence
January 1, 2021 5:11 am

The beginning of Trump 2024
To make America heal again

Trump
Reply to  Michael Pence
January 3, 2021 3:34 pm

He’ll be a skeleton by then 😂 trump 💀 for president?

Not the worst year ever
January 1, 2021 5:13 am

1933 to 1945 were the worst years for klall yisroel

5780/5781
January 1, 2021 5:15 am

hisgalus melech hamoshiach

2020
January 1, 2021 5:16 am

VACC TO THE FUTURE

Anonymous
Reply to  2020
January 1, 2021 12:34 pm

You go first. I’ll pass. You can have mine doses forever. Because I’m so kind. Enjoy!

Ok then..
Reply to  Anonymous
January 1, 2021 3:02 pm

But it also means vaccine takers get first priority when it comes to icu beds and other medical care

Noach
January 1, 2021 5:17 am

The mabul was worst year

2020
January 1, 2021 5:17 am

No…Just….No.

Hindsight 2020
January 1, 2021 5:18 am

Was a good year for those still able to comment here

Anonymous
Reply to  Hindsight 2020
January 1, 2021 12:40 pm

How do you know? Did they tell you? Maybe those who were sent lemayla would disagree? It is us down here that suffer until moshiach comes. Once you leave it’s a different reality, of אמת and שלום. But it’s only here where our actions and choices actually make a difference.

anonymous
Reply to  Anonymous
January 2, 2021 6:23 pm

they’re alive and thats what counts

TRUMP 2020
January 1, 2021 5:22 am

The year of the worst president and VP ever elected Biden/Harries and most fraudelent election

Anonynmous
Reply to  TRUMP 2020
January 2, 2021 4:02 pm

What point is there to still complain about it??? It happened

Anonymous
Reply to  Anonynmous
January 2, 2021 8:57 pm

What happened? The election has not been certified yet. Jan 6. And Jan 20 is the actual final date written in constitution. Media does not get to decide elections

Anonynmous
Reply to  Anonymous
January 10, 2021 1:28 pm

Sorry, but now it has been certified. Just because you dream of something, doesn’t mean you get it.

Anon
January 1, 2021 6:51 am

Best year yet!
Yes there was sadness and pain…….there was also an abundance of good, love, kindness and unity this year.

exodus
January 1, 2021 6:52 am

the year people fled from new york

Year of Moshiach
January 1, 2021 7:27 am

The year that opened our eyes to Moshiach!

A year I spent home with my family
January 1, 2021 7:35 am

Spent more time at home with family and realized I have a wife and children B”H

I thought you said one word or sentence
January 1, 2021 7:52 am

World changing

2020
January 1, 2021 8:01 am

When the Eibershter put everyone in their place.

Fortified Faith - Emunah and Bitachon
January 1, 2021 8:02 am

A year of Faith
Seeing it clearly.
Faith in the face of both the loss and miracles we experienced this year.
Faith through the medical confusion.
Faith through seeming injustices.
Faith …..

תהא שנת פורים ארוכה
January 1, 2021 8:24 am

עד דלא ידע

best year ever
January 1, 2021 8:32 am

2020 was one of my best years ever, because this year i finally started getting the help that i need.

A Not So Gentle Reminder
January 1, 2021 9:08 am

Hashem gave us a not so gentle reminder who runs the world.

2020
January 1, 2021 9:16 am

The year humanity lost their sanity…
And believed the politicians:(

2020
January 1, 2021 9:38 am

The year of very strong opinions.

2020
January 1, 2021 10:41 am

The year of resilience

Know it all
January 1, 2021 11:27 am

In 2020 we learned that there is only 1 person that knows what will happen tomorrow!
Moshiach now!

Cathartic growth
January 1, 2021 12:11 pm

A year that we were forced to become more than we thought we were, in order to survive more than we thought we could.

B"H
January 1, 2021 12:17 pm

Moshiach Now!! We’re ready!

china fault
January 1, 2021 1:34 pm

china virus

Humility
January 1, 2021 1:52 pm

COVID forced everyone everywhere to acknowledge there are basic things we don’t know and can’t control, regardless of religion, skin color, gender, age, possessions, intelligence, fitness, connections and nationality.

🇺🇸trump 2020🇺🇸
January 1, 2021 2:33 pm

Tichleh shanah and all the liberals let this year and Republicans begin

A year where hashem showed us his unconditional lo
January 1, 2021 2:45 pm

hashems love to us is not bound to us going to Minyan and mikva.

Anonynmous
Reply to  A year where hashem showed us his unconditional lo
January 2, 2021 4:03 pm

And even behind a mask

Dalia
January 1, 2021 3:27 pm

The year I felt what waiting for Moshiach and really believing in the geula means. Pesach gave us a taste of that unwavering faith. Moshiach didn’t reveal himself yet… but we pray he will very soon. We are ready… wishing everyone an incredible ‘new year’.

2020
January 1, 2021 3:48 pm

The year that we began to appreciate all the little things in life:)

2020
January 1, 2021 3:48 pm

Moshiach prep

Horrible year with silver linings.
January 1, 2021 4:15 pm

Traffic way down. Air quality better. People increased their exercise time and took stock of their health. Many people quit taivas which were not helping them.

One word description
January 2, 2021 12:02 pm

Unreal

Chabadnik
January 2, 2021 5:50 pm

Moshiach is at the threshold.

Open your eyes and see
January 2, 2021 7:04 pm

The Klipah of America is finally broken.

Anonymous
January 2, 2021 8:21 pm

A year filled with MANY ups and downs!
A year that challenged our Emunah and Bitachon. If you’re reading this I wanna say I am proud of you! 2020 was one of the hardest years you’ll ever experience! Keep going! You’ve got this!

Anonymus
January 4, 2021 1:52 am

Who remembers when the Australian wildfires were a big thing lol

I Belive In Hashem!
January 5, 2021 12:43 pm

I believe in Hashem,
I trust in Hashem
there never is a moment when
that I am alone
and I’m on my own
I believe and I trust in Hashem!

2020 in one word
January 5, 2021 9:56 pm

PAJAMAS

2020 in one word
January 9, 2021 2:32 pm

LIKE LOOKING TWO WAYS BEFORE CROSSING THE STREET AND GETTING HIT BY AN AIRPLANE

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