Tag: Pesach

6 weeks to Passover – 1 page planning sheet!

Yep, we’re at the 6 weeks until Passover mark. And although I spent today making a quadruple batch of awesome lemon cookies for the freezer (we are blessed with frequent visitors!), I’m also planning some things out.  (No I didn’t make the cookies in the picture today, but let’s call it inspiration!) Like ordering those …

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Erev Pesach checklist (2013)

Passover starts tonight – it’s our first seder! It’s a busy time, so a checklist is one of my essentials. I don’t want to miss something. Here is my erev Pesach checklist – download it in Word (so you can edit) here: Erev Pesach 2013 Checklist. I originally got it from a Jewish homemaking listserve. I …

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Making the seder fun for kids

The Passover seder(s) are a very special time. It is where we remember the miracles Hashem did for us when he took us out of Egypt, and when we pass down the knowledge to our kids. This is a major memory making event for us! What kind of memories do you want the kids to …

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Passover 2013 menu

This Passover, we are outside a big frum community – and outside our home country. We don’t have guests coming on Yom Tov, although there will likely be some other folks joining us for another meal or two. I ordered some Pesach food from the US, and some I’m making from scratch. We have only …

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Passover spending part 3

I just wrote about what is probably the biggest spending category for many families for Passover: food. Then I wrote about saving while stocking the Passover kitchen. But there are lots more to tackle! New clothes for kids (and new toys?) New jewelry / clothes / scarves / etc. for wives (maybe husbands, too, but wives …

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Passover spending: kitchen

I just wrote about what is probably the biggest spending category for many families for Passover: food. But there are lots more to tackle! kitchen things (bowls, dishes, baking rack, pans…almost everything has to be different) New clothes for kids New jewelry / clothes / scarves / etc. for wives (maybe husbands, too, but wives …

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52 Week Challenge Week 16: After Passover review and SBB update

I know, you want to put everything away and out of sight ASAP (and get to your laundry! That pile really, really bothers me.) But really, taking a little more time as you put things away will make things SO MUCH easier next year, and for future years! I keep a running tally through the …

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Passover meals to go

On Passover, more than ever, we have to bring our food with us when we go out – and so many are going out over chol hamoed (the middle days of Passover)! But we’re more limited in what we can bring than normal, too. And anything prepackaged is REALLY expensive (if you can even find …

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Erev Pesach checklist

Click here for a customizable Erev Pesach 2012 Checklist. You can see it in a post here, if you prefer. I find it helpful to actually write the times in, and to  get the whole menu and seder items put onto a list so I can check it off as I go. (See the checklist …

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3 days until Passover

Download the whole (free! and customizable!) planner by clicking OJH_Countdown to Pesach and get a one page simplified calendar for planning by clicking OJH Pesach planning calendar 2012. See the 6 week, 5 week, 4 week, 3 week, 2 week, and 1 week to go checklists, too. Follow schedule to prep food and freeze Prep …

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