Yep, its time. It takes on a whole different level when cleaning is in preparation for the Passover.
If you go to any Jewish neighborhoods, there are probably yard sales going on. People can get crazy throwing away anything that seems uncleanable. The goal is to remove any substance made from flour /yeast /leavening agent.
The hardest things to clean are baby carriages! And if there are little children in the house, there is almost always a piece of cheerios lodged under a mattress or behind a drawer or something.
Passover is the time when the Jews celebrate the exodus from Egypt. It was a humbling experience and thus we try to eliminate any thing that could represent the ego -anything that can inflate and rise -hence, no yeast.
So what happens to all our pastas, cookies, cakes, bread, etc? Either we eat as much of it up, or sell it or just plain give it away to any one who wants.
Well, I guess I'll be pretty busy. I already got one room in the place "kosher for Passover" so four more rooms to go (not including bathrooms, but I hardly think I'll find anything there). The job I don't look forward to is the stove and oven.
1 comment:
Eww...the stove and oven, my least favorite cleaning jobs too.
Have fun with the cleaning, don't tire yourself out too much missy.
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