Category: Holidays

Planning Tishrei summary (and links!)

Looking for a step-by-step discussion of planning for the month of Tishrei (Jewish month with Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot)? I wrote these posts last year, but they are still very helpful! Here are the links: Tishrei part 1 (Planning on a budget) Tishrei part 2 (Menu planning – the nitty gritty) Tishrei part 3 (Start at …

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3 weeks until Rosh Hashanah!

There are just 3 weeks until Rosh Hashanah (evening of Sunday, September 16 until sundown Tuesday, September 18). If you haven’t started planning, now it the time to do it! I have done most of the things on my early prep list. That means clothing and pjs ordered for the kids, seats at shul bought, etc. …

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Guest letter

This week, we’re working on our guest areas. (See more about the challenges here). We are often blessed with guests, and have a good space for sleepover guests, too. Because we have a little bit of a funky lighting system and some other quirky things (no, I’m not referring to the kids here!), plus want …

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Imperfect perfection; who needs it?

The world is a messy, disorganized place. The human world at least – Hashem’s creation is amazingly complex and perfect. There it is. The “P” word. Perfect. I’m the kind of girl who longs for perfection. In fact, I think that many of us long for perfection. The perfect evening, the perfect spouse, the perfect …

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52 week challange Week 2: Shalom Bayit Book

This week’s challenge is a working Shalom Bayit Book (SBB). (If you haven’t read about the 52 week challenge, check here.) A Shalom Bayit Book (or SBB, as we will call it from now on) is a sanity saver here in my OJH. So let’s start building yours, or if you have one, update and …

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52 week challange Week 1: Goals

If you aim at nothing, you’ll hit it every single time. I strongly believe in having written goals. I find that if I don’t, I let the madness of life take over and I run around putting out fires instead of being productive. I get sucked in to whatever is happening instead of creating the …

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What is a Shalom Bayit Book? (SBB part 1: paper or electronic?)

In several places, I have mentioned my Shalom Bayit Book (or SBB). A Shalom Bayit Book (SBB) is my Jewish version of a household management notebook or control journal. Shalom means peace, and bayit is house, so this book is one major way I bring peace into my house. (See some of the pieces in …

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