Mishpacha staff shares their best tricks for short Fridays
I really try my best to have as much as possible done by Thursday night. I try to finish washing and putting away laundry by Wednesday so that on Thursday I can focus on Shabbos prep (the laundry can wait patiently in the hamper). We set the Shabbos table on Thursday, and I do the bulk of my cooking Thursday night. Whatever I like made fresh, like chicken and roasted vegetables, I’ll prep on Thursday night, so all I need to do is stick it in the oven on Friday. Since potato kugel is also best fresh, but can’t sit in the fridge overnight once it’s prepared, I make it on Thursday and overnight it.
I have cleaning help on Friday so the floors get mopped and the bathrooms are clean. Our family’s goal is for my husband and boys to go to shul early to learn and for me to try to light ten minutes early as a zechus for Eretz Yisrael, our soldiers, and the hostages. Keeping that in mind helps push us.
Esti Vago, Family Table production
Each of my children has a different job that is their responsibility — like putting tissues in the bathrooms. Having these tasks off my head makes such a difference!
Dasi Sin Shalom, production operation manager
My main thing is I shower before the kids come home from school (I’m lucky — here they finish at 2:30, after chatzos).
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