Tag: Shalom Bayit book

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 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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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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Menu-planning Monday

This week, I have no idea what our plans are yet, so things are a little tentative for that so far. Bli neder, you can expect a slowcooker recipe review from me after our Wednesday crockpot meal. As always, we keep breakfast and lunch flexible depending on what we’re in the mood for with the …

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My #1 organizing tip

…is to have a book for your household! Whatever you call it (control journal, homemaker handbook, shalom bayit book, family manager notebook), this is a crucial book for keeping your household running smoothly. I call this my shalom bayit book (SBB). Shalom bayit is Hebrew for peace in the house – which is what we …

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