“No way,” came the reply. “There is no clutter.”
Oh. You can’t say that about my own home (filled with totally reasonable clutter for a house with five youngish children). I needed to take some deep breaths to regain my equilibrium, and calmed myself down by telling myself that no one would ever think I have Hungarian roots anyway. Fortified with that self awareness, I prepared to learn more about how other superheroes (aka frum Jewish women) make Pesach.
Making Pesach is definitely a huge job, and like all tasks, a great first step is knowing what needs to be done. While we’d all love to get that spring cleaning in, clarifying the halachic obligations of Pesach cleaning can go a long way to bring stress levels down. Ora Drexler, a teacher and graphic designer originally from the Five Towns but now living out of town, who’s been making Pesach for nearly a decade, feels strongly about this.
“My husband and I are both baalei teshuvah, so we don’t go to our parents for Pesach. I’ve never not made Pesach,” she says with a chuckle.
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