Hello dear readers, I know as much as anyone about the hundreds of details that go into planning and hosting a seder. There’s the menu of course, but also the cleaning, and making the preparations for yom tov (like setting the Shabbat timers on the all the lights), and of course making sure all the ...
Hello dear readers, I’m sure that many of you parents out there have a son or daughter with a messy room, and in our family, that’s Ronit. Clothes in piles, shoes scattered all over the place, wrappers and empty bags and receipts and old magazines from five years ago. We tell her, Ronit Go-neat, but ...
Hello dear readers, Pesach is the festival of freedom, zman cherutenu. Sometimes, though, Pesach can feel anything but freeing. Sometimes I feel like I’m stuck in my kitchen, preparing meals to feed a small army of family, houseguests, visitors, friends, friends-of-friends, friends-of-friends-of-friends, acquaintances, and the hungry guy off the street who’s in the mood for ...
Hello dear readers, Last year I had such a great time on our Passover kosher vacation. It was relaxing and fun, and I didn’t have to worry about the cooking and the cleaning and the washing and all the other stresses that come from making the seders at home. Well, this year we’re back at ...
Hello dear readers, Now that the high holidays are over, it’s not too early to start thinking about booking your stay at a Passover resort for 2018. We’re not going away this year, but if you are, I can’t recommend Leisure Time Tours enough! We used them for our pesach trip to Florida and our ...
Hello dear readers, I was cleaning out the basement a few days ago, and I came across a BEAUTIFUL seder plate that my daughter Ronit made in middle school. It was more of an art project than a functional plate, but it got me thinking about the seder (even though pesach is still many months ...
Hello dear readers, Yesterday I was looking at a beautiful watercolor painting of a desert that my daughter Ronit made in art class. (Also, is it weird to make a watercolor of a waterless desert?) For some reason it got me thinking about the connection between the desert and the holiday of Pesach. I know ...
Hello dear readers, I was thinking about similarities and differences between pesach and Shavuot, and one thing I thought of was pesach’s special emphasis on children. The youngest sing mah nishtanah, and we talk about the four sons, and there’s a focus on asking questions and giving answers and educating our children about this pivotal ...
Hello dear readers, As you know, this year we won’t be at home for sukkot. We’ll be enjoying a kosher sukkot vacation in Italy! This means we won’t be building a sukkah at home, and I have to say, it’s been a good while since I didn’t have to build my own sukkah! So let ...
