Category: Holidays

Sukkot resources and links 2020

Some ideas for Sukkot (Sukkos? Succos?) 2020.

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Rosh Hashanah menu 2020

Our menu for Rosh Hashanah 2020.

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Rosh Hashanah – in two weeks!

2020 has been a challenging year. But time marches on, and Rosh Hashana is just a little more than two weeks away – already! Here is my prep list: order seats for shul??? pay shul dues (ours have always been due about now for the different shuls) order lulav and etrog sets (including any “learning” sets) new tzitzit for boys order pjs for all kids …

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Shabbat checklist – getting it all done on time!

These short winter Shabbats can be hectic! Sometimes it’s a heart-pounding, tense race to get ready on time, even though I wish it wasn’t. That is definitely something I need to work on. One way to manage is to have a good Shabbat list (or two). I just updated mine, and thought I’d share it …

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Revamping your routines : Weekly Routine

“Ma used to say: Wash on Monday, Iron on Tuesday, Mend on Wednesday, Churn on Thursday, Clean on Friday, Bake on Saturday, Rest on Sunday. Laura liked the churning and the baking days best of all the week.”  –Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House in the Big Woods In modern times, things are a little more variable. …

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Passover review: prep for next year and what did you learn?

Now that we’re done and through (some of?) the clean up, it’s time to look back and see what was good and what you want to change for next year. It’s tempting to just thrown it all in the boxes, but this is an important part of making next year’s Passover much easier! I started …

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Passover spending – the food edition

Passover is an expensive time of year. Even if you try to stay on your regular food budget (hard, but some people do!), the other spending can really add up. What other spending? New clothes for kids New jewelry / clothes / scarves / etc. for wives (maybe husbands, too, but wives are a mitzva!) …

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52 Week Challenge, Week 41: Sukkot wrap up, high holidays wrap up and SBB update

So how were your holidays? Ours were pretty good overall . A little crazy at times, a few things that went wrong, a lot more that went right. Now that you’ve had a few days to get back to normal, take the time to jot down your notes for next year: What menu did you …

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Tishrei looking back: What went right? (And wrong?)

We made it through the Tishrei holidays! Now we are on a higher level. But next-year-you will LOVE this-year-you if you jot down some notes about what went right, what went wrong, what time shul went until (Simchat Torah is a always late and different shuls get out at different times, so to plan ahead, …

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Rosh Hashanah: kid’s mitzvah checklist

After I did some browsing on the wonderful chinuch.org, I came up with some ideas for my kids and the Elul holidays. Here’s one I want to share with you: Kid’s Rosh Hashanah Mitzvah Checklist (download as a Word .doc). You could decorate it or add in cute pictures if you want, but here is the …

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