Weeks at a Glance. Stage One Closets Out of area storage rooms, garage, attic, basement. Stage Two Bedrooms Clothes shopping

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1 Pesach Perfectly Organized Addendum 1 Weeks at a Glance Stage One Closets Out of area storage rooms, garage, attic, basement Stage Two Bedrooms Clothes shopping Stage Three Breakfront Pesach Inventory, pantry Refrigerator Freezer Menu planning Non perishable grocery shopping/ make orders Stage Four Laundry room, office, hallway, other rooms, office, bathrooms Stage Five Menu planning continued Clean car Perishable grocery shop Stage Six Sell chametz Clean and Kosher kitchen Cook Vacuum

2 8 Weeks to Pesach Get into Pesach mode with a family meeting (discuss everyone s work Pesach and Perfectly school Organized schedules, Addendum your life situation, simchas, travel plans, the yom 2 tov schedule-when Shabbos falls out, if you have cleaning help, who can do what, where you will eat chametz, your budget, your pesach storage area, what to clean, when you will kasher your kitchen.) Look over the calendar and fill in your cleaning and shopping schedules Review notes from last year Work on completing House purchases and renovations 7 Weeks to Pesach Complete major house purchases Set appointments for other house needs-carpet cleaning, renovations, other work dates 6 Weeks to Pesach First Phase of Cleaning-Bedrooms, Closets, and Storage areas First Phase of Clothes shopping 5 Weeks to Pesach Look over your Pesach Kitchen Inventory Order Matzahs Create your meal plans Create a pantry for Pesach food: include storage for non perishable foods, frozen foods, and matzah Move your Chametz foods out of this newly assigned Pesach food area Accumulate your Kitchen Inventory (i.e., pots and pans, cutting boards) A Freilichin Purim! 4 Weeks to Pesach Continue to build up your Kitchen Inventory and non-perishable Pesach shopping, Think about what kitchen cabinets and drawers you will be using. Buy paper goods, kitchen lining supplies Order meat, wine, fish Make personal appointments Clean Dining room Breakfront 3 Weeks to Pesach Clean fridge and freezer designating one chametz area Begin giving kids Pesachdik snacks Complete clothes shopping Clean other rooms (i.e., laundry rooms, office, hallway, bathrooms) and tape up areas 2 Weeks to Pesach Clean cars Shop for perishables-don t forget the seder plate foods and Bedikas Chametz materials Make time to tovel new utensils for Pesach Clean the kitchen. Include: appliances, cabinets, chairs, countertops, floor, garbage, highchair, oven, phone, sink, stovetop, table, windows Kasher and make your kitchen pesachdik: line countertops, kasher oven, sink, etc. Think about how you will eat challah on Shabbos 1 Week to Pesach Cook!!! A Professional Prepare for Organizer, Seder LLC Vacuum EVERYWHERE

3 Pesach Perfectly Organized Addendum 3 Alphabetical Cleaning Checklist Make notes about each item, where you found chametz, additional spots to check. Areas where pets are kept Arts and Crafts area Attic Backyard Bar basement Bedrooms Behind furniture Behind radiators Behind refrigerator, oven, sink Below couch pillows Bird cage bookcases Books Bread box breakfront Briefcase buffet cabinets candlesticks Car seats Car trunk and glove compartment Carpets and rugs carriage Car-under seat, mats Chairs Children s toys China closet Clothes chests Clothes closets Coat closet Coats Computer and keyboard Cookbooks** Cookie jar Cosmetics couch cribs den desks dining room dishwashers drawers Electric Kitchen utensils Entertainment center Exercise equipment Floors, carpets Freezer Furniture Garage Garbage can hallways High chair Infant seat Kitchen Kitchen appliances Lamps Laundry hamper Laundry room Linen closet Living room Luggage Lunch boxes Medicine chest Office Oven Pet cages Play pen Playroom Pockets in suits and coats porch Purses Radiators Recliner Recreation room Refrigerator rings School bags, lunch boxes Sewing box

4 Pesach Perfectly Organized Addendum 4 shelves Shopping cart Shul, school lockers Sink basins staircases Storage rooms Stove, stovetop stroller Suitcases, travel bags Table Tallis bag Telephone toothbrush Toy chest toys Under beds Utility drawers Vacuum cleaners, bags (discard) Wallets Wash brooms Washing machine/dryer Workshop yard Shabbos Zemiros booklets/benchers**

5 Pesach Perfectly Organized Addendum 5 8 Week Countdown to Pesach- Another Visual Notes Sunday Monday Tues Wed Thurs Fri Shabbos 8 weeks away 7 weeks away 6 weeks away 5 weeks away Purim! 4 weeks away 3 weeks away 2 weeks away 1 week away

6 Pesach Perfectly Organized Addendum 6 Your Guest List Meal First Seder Name of Guests First Day Meal Total number of guests: Second Seder Total number of guests: Second Day Meal Total number of guests: Seventh Night Total number of guests: Seventh Day Meal Total number of guests: Eighth Night Total number of guests: Eight Day Total number of guests: **Friday night (if there is a Shabbos Chol Hamoed) **Shabbos Lunch Total number of guests: Total number of guests: Total number of guests:

7 Item Matzah Name of store Phone number Pesach Perfectly Organized Addendum 7 Pesach Orders When calculating your matzah requirements, allot roughly 2 matzahs (machine or handmade) for the adults at your seder. For the wine/grape juice at the seder, multiply 3.5 ounces * 4 cups = 14 ounces per adult guest. Then, divide your wine/grape juice bottle size by 14 and that will tell you how many bottles you will need for the seder. For example, use one large 64 ounce grape juice bottle for four people. Number of guests (1 person * ½ matzah) Quantity The Order Itself Price (lbs, boxes, cases) Matzah meal Machine matzah Handmade Spelt/whole wheat Shmurah Wine /Grape Juice Name of store Phone number Over buy when on sale, you ll have it for the rest of the year. Meat Name of store Phone number (plan ½ pound of meat per person, 8-12 ounces without bone) ¼ cow or 1 whole chuck, overbuy, you ll have it for the rest of the year! Ground meat Steaks Stew meat Chickens Roast Turkey Liver Fish Name of store Phone number (1lb of ground fish=3 servings, 1 lb whole fish= 2 fillets/steaks) Salmon Gefilte Tuna Tilapia Carp Whitefish Eggs Keep track year to year of how many eggs you use.

8 Pesach Perfectly Organized Addendum 8 How to Set up Your Pesach Kitchen and turn over The last week of the Pesach countdown is devoted to working on the kitchen. 2 weeks before Pesach is the best time to start working on your kitchen. By now you ve made an area to keep the Pesach foods you have been buying. If you only have 1 pantry, 2 weeks before would be the ideal time to switch over to Passover foods. What you need to do to set up the Pesach Kitchen is: 1. Clean surfaces thoroughly. Refrigerator, freezer, tables, high chairs, stovetops, oven, sink, walls, floors, cabinets, tables, chairs, appliances-clean these areas well. Do as much as is feasible. If you can clean a little under the fridge, do so. I like using a power washer for things like the highchair. Do you want to take off your chair cushions and clean under them? Scrub what you can really really well. When thinking about creating your Pesach kitchen, plan ahead with regards to what cabinets and drawers you will be using for Pesach and clean those. If you are not going to use certain areas during pesach, just close them off. Think about getting a separate storage unit for Pesach utensils to have in your regular kitchen. Pesach pantry: Take care to clean the pantry since this is where Pesach foods have been stored all year round. Wipe down the shelves, walls, floors, and cabinets in this area. Take down heavy appliances like bread machines and clean those thoroughly as well. You can put them back into the pantry on the top shelf after they are clean and cover the top shelf with a blanket, sealing off that chametz area. It is a little confusing to have part of your kitchen be Pesachdik and part of it still Chametzdik. What you can do to make things easier is to make sure the pantry is in the back of the kitchen out of the way and also to start eating all chametz in the dining room or elsewhere, but not in the kitchen. You can take your toaster oven and microwave and move them into the dining room, out of the kitchen to continue eating chametz. We actually start eating Pesachdik foods about 2 weeks before Pesach. So, to recap: clean out one small area as your Pesach area to store supplies and pesach food packages. Don t let it come into contact with Chametz. Designate a Chametz eating area.

9 Pesach Perfectly Organized Addendum 9 2. Line flat surfaces. Whatever surfaces you will be using on Pesach, line them with foil, contact paper, or some kind of thick material. Some examples of areas to line are: the microwave cart, stove, shelves, tables, countertops, drawers, and refrigerators. Line them after you clean them. Use scotch tape or masking tape to keep the liners on. It is helpful to cut liners once and use them year after year. For my pantry, I use a thick soft plastic and keep track of what they are for. You can do this for your countertops also. That way you won t have to cut liners every year. 3. Now it is time to kasher! First find out what is allowed to be koshered and what is not. I find it really is best to have separate Passover dishes, and I know some dishes can be koshered however. Some countertops don t need to be covered as they can be koshered. Kosher these surfaces and your oven at least 2-3 days before Yom Tov so you have time to cook! After all surfaces are cleaned, you wait 24 hours between cleaning and koshering. Don t use hot food or water during this time in the areas you are koshering: like the sink and oven. Then, ask your Rav how to kasher. How do you decide when to kasher? It depends if you have an area you will be able to continue eating chametz. If you don t have anywhere else in the house you can go to eat chametz, you wouldn t want to kasher too much in advance. Definitely allot enough time to cook before Yom Tov and give yourself flexibility especially if you work full time. Consider also when Pesach is. If Pesach falls out on a Monday night, for example, you may want to consider koshering Saturday night. Wash all of your Shabbos dishes. Cover your sink and stove, and then begin Kashering.

10 Pesach Perfectly Organized Addendum 10 Erev Yom Tov Mitzvos/Laws for the Final Elimination of Chametz Mitzvah Bedikas Chametz- the Search for Chametz Fast of the Firstborn Last time you can eat chametz Burning of Chametz Selling the Chametz- mark off all areas in your home where you are keeping chametz No more benefit from Chametz Erev Tavshilin- only when Pesach is on Wednesday because it runs into Shabbos Candle Lighting When it needs to be done by At Nightfall on the Day before Pesach As long as you have a Siyum or celebratory meal to take part of, you can break your fast. Early morning of Erev Pesach (If Erev Pesach is on Shabbos, the fast is on the Thursday before) Look for local times Look for local times Do this in advance with your Rabbi, and check for local times Look for local times Before Sunset Before Sunset Here is a Local Times chart so you can figure out exactly when you need to be finished by.

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12 Pesach Perfectly Organized Addendum 12 Pesach Recipe Substitutes Reprinted from the ou.org At some point during Pesach preparations we ve all tried to convert a main stream recipe into a Pesach one only to discover that we don t have a clue as to what to substitute for a chometz ingredient. This panic moment is why I started compiling my COMPLETE LIST OF PESACH SUBSTITUTES. I ve added some great new substitutions this year, thanks to readers who ve sent in their own ingenious creations. If anyone has any other substitutions that they would like to share please let me ( eztlog@hotmail.com) know and I ll attach them to the next Pesach article. 1 oz. baking chocolate (unsweetened chocolate) = 3 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder plus 1 tablespoon oil or melted margarine 16 oz. semi-sweet chocolate = 6 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder plus 1/4 cup oil and 7 tablespoon granulated sugar 14 oz. sweet chocolate (German-type) = 3 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder plus 2 2/3 tablespoon oil and 4 1/2 tablespoon granulated sugar 1 cup confectioners sugar = 1 cup granulated sugar minus 1 tablespoon sugar plus 1 tablespoon potato starch pulsed in a food processor or blender 1 cup sour milk or buttermilk for dairy baking = 1 tablespoon lemon juice in a 1 cup measure, then fill to 1 cup with Passover nondairy creamer. Stir and steep 5 minutes Butter in baking or cooking use pareve Passover margarine in equal amounts. Use a bit less salt 1 cup honey = 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar plus 1/4 cup water 1 cup corn syrup = 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar plus 1/3 cup water, boiled until syrupy 1 cup vanilla sugar = 1 cup granulated sugar with 1 split vanilla bean left for at least 24 hours in a tightly covered jar 1 cup of flour, substitute 5/8 cup matzo cake meal or potato starch, or a combination sifted together 1 tablespoon flour = 1/2 tablespoon potato starch 1 cup corn starch = 7/8 cup potato starch

13 Pesach Perfectly Organized Addendum 13 1 teaspoon cream of tarter= 1 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice or 1 1/2 teaspoon vinegar 1 cup graham cracker crumbs = 1 cup ground cookies or soup nuts plus 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 cup bread crumbs = 1 cup matzo meal 1 cup matzo meal = 3 matzoth ground in a food processor 1 cup matzoth cake meal = 1 cup plus 2 tablespoon matzo meal finely ground in a blender or food processor and sifted 3 crumbled matzo = 2 cups matzo farfel 1 cup (8 oz.) cream cheese = 1 cup cottage cheese pureed with 1/2 stick butter or margarine Chicken fat or gribenes = 2 caramelized onions, Saute 2 sliced onions in 2 tablespoon oil and 2 tablespoons sugar. Cook until the onions are soft. Puree the onions once they are golden. 1 cup milk (for baking) = 1 cup water plus 2 tablespoon margarine, or 1/2 cup fruit juice plus 1/2 cup water 1 1/4 cup sweetened condensed milk =1 cup instant nonfat dry milk, 2/3 cup sugar, 1/3 cup boiling water and 3 tablespoons margarine. Blend all the ingredients until smooth. To thicken, let set in the refrigerator for 24 hours. 1 cup wine= 13 tablespoons water, 3 tablespoons lemon juice and 1 tablespoon sugar. Mix together and let set for 10 minutes. For frying: Instead of chicken fat, use combination of olive oil or vegetable oil and 1 to 2 tablespoons pareve Passover margarine. Eggs: Passover egg substitutes don t work quite as well as the chometz egg substitutes. For kugels, matzo balls, fried matzo and some cakes the recipes will probably be ok. However, if you want to avoid them (and I do) you can add one extra egg white and 1/2 teaspoon of vegetable oil for each yolk eliminated when baking. Use only egg whites as the dipping to coat and fry meats. Italian Seasoning= 1/4 teaspoon EACH dried oregano leaves, dried marjoram leaves and dried basil leaves plus 1/8 teaspoon rubbed dried sage. This can be substituted for 1 1/2 teaspoons Italian seasoning.

14 Pesach Perfectly Organized Addendum 14 Curry Powder= 2 tablespoons ground coriander, 1 tablespoon black pepper, 2 tablespoons red pepper, 2 tablespoons turmeric, 2 tablespoons ground ginger. Makes 2/3 cup. Pancake syrup=use fruit jelly, not jam and add a little water to thin. I always like to combine the jelly and water in a microwave safe bowl and heat it gently before I serve it. Seasoned Rice Wine Vinegar= 3 tablespoons white vinegar, 1 tablespoon white wine, 1 tablespoon sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt. Mix to combine. Makes 1/4 cup Flavored Vinegar= lemon juice in cooking or salad, grapefruit juice in salads, wine in marinades. Water Chestnuts- substitute raw jicama Orange liqueur =substitute an equal amount of frozen orange juice concentrate You can mince the tops of green onions and use them in recipes that call for chives or use celery tops instead of parsley (who are we kidding, we always have parsley during Pesach)

15 Pesach Perfectly Organized Addendum 15 General Erev Yom Tov Checklist Seal off Chametz areas Set table Open up sealed items: diapers, cans, wine bottles, paper goods, tissues Polish silver Cut foil, toilet paper, foil, and paper towels, floss Prepare candlesticks Alarm modifications Clean Counters Put up blech Fill up hot water pot Adjust AC or heat to appropriate temperature, call weather Check lights in all rooms and make sure they are on or off. Set timers Turn crock pot on low Make sure stove and oven are off Make sure all food is cooked! Muktzah toys put away Make sure shirts are clean and ironed Laundry is clean and folded Daven Mincha Make beds Grocery shopping done Make sure there are paper plates Call friends and family Turn off Refrigerator Light Take Showers, baths Cut nails Tissues in bathrooms Rooms are clean Make sure dishwasher is empty Finish the Bedikas Chametz Getting ready for Seder Checklist The Table Set up seder plate. Include: maror, karpas, egg, charoses, shankbone, chazeres (lettuce). Prepare Matzah cover with 3 matzot Plate of extra matzot Bottles of grape juice Bottles of wine

16 Pesach Perfectly Organized Addendum 16 Cup for Elijah Small bowl of saltwater Wine glass for each person Afikoman bags Pillows to recline Haggaddas Check the matzas to make sure they are not broken Use plastic table covers Candies for "good questions and answers" Props to re-create the Ten Plagues Afikomen prizes A clear plastic plate and extra plastic table cover for the preliminary matzah eating before the meal Prepare the Seder Plate Items-Prepare enough for both seder before Yom Tov starts For more information about the Seder Plate and it s significance, I suggest you go to watch this video: Hopefully this is your main task Erev Yom Tov! Roast shankbone Cook eggs Prepare charoses- mix ground apple and ground walnuts with a little wine. Make salt water Make karpas (potato, parsley)- slice small pieces of a potato. There are different customs of what is used as karpas. Check parsley the way you normally check for bugs Check lettuce for bugs and then dry it well. You need about 1 head of lettuce for 3 people Grind horseradish Dismantling Pesach -Resist the urge to rip off countertop covers and liners so you have workable space to lay down your Pesach equipment. -Put away all pesach dry goods and MAKE A LIST of what you are saving for next year. -Put away all Pesach appliances, dishes, cutlery in storage containers. -Remove oven covers -Remove countertop covers -Save pantry covers and countertop covers for next year -make notes of what you wish you would have had for Pesach, i.e., more ketchup. -make notes of where you are putting specific items not going into your Pesach storage area. -Keep all of your notes in a special Pesach folder.

17 Pesach Perfectly Organized Addendum 17 Putting Chametz back -Make sure every single Pesach item is put away. If you don t have time to put it all away before taking chametz back out, reserve your dining room table as workable Pesach space. -untape cabinets -put chametz back into the pantry (if you put away your chametz in bags or storage containers before Pesach, all you have to do now is bring the bags up rather than each individual item.) I recommend these items for storing away Pesach items: 6 piece China Protectors Clear Storage Bins (so you can see what you own year round!) Wire Shelving (to hold your bins) Getting back into the swing of things: -One subscriber of the Pesach course mentioned hiring cleaning help after pesach. I think that is a wonderful idea. -Use paper goods for the next 2-3 shabbosim after Pesach. -one thing you might do is cook extra meals for after Pesach during Chol Hamoed (while you cook for the last days) if you did not freeze away meals before Pesach began.

18 Pesach Perfectly Organized Addendum 18 Very Helpful Links The following links go into greater detail about the Jewish laws of Passover, something which I do not delve into. You can get kosher for Passover product guides, medicine guides, petfood guide, at any of these links. Good Luck! Back Issues of the FREE Jewish Holiday Reminder Service My free newsletter is where I stay in touch with you in greater detail as the weeks go by before Pesach. I tell you how to specifically do certain tasks necessary for Pesach, providing you with videos and other tips. Please go to and sign up to receive the FREE Jewish Holiday Reminder Service. Once you sign up, you will be able to see all of the back issues of the newsletter and that will give you even more material on how to get Pesach completed in a timely fashion.

19 Pesach Perfectly Organized Addendum 19 Making Pesach on Motzei Shabbos By Rivka Slatkin

20 Pesach Perfectly Organized Addendum 20 About Rivka Slatkin, Jewish Life Organizer Rivka Slatkin, Jewish Life Organizer, helps new Jewish families get organized to make Shabbos and Yom Tov simple and beautiful, decreasing the stress and overwhelm that often is prevalent. She made it her mission to teach others what she worked so hard to learn on her own, years ago, not having anyone teaching her successful homemaking methods. Rivka does not want others to feel alone or inadequate the way she did, when going about her learning curve. She offers tutorials, reports, teleclasses, articles, workshops, and personal consulting that help people just like you learn step-by-step methods that GETS RESULTS for their homes. You can learn more about these terrific resources at For FREE tips and to be notified of upcoming teleclasses and workshops with The Jewish Life Organizer, sign up for Rivka s monthly e-zine Jewish Holiday Reminder Service at She's appeared as a guest speaker for various Jewish organizations, has been interviewed by The Baltimore Jewish Times and has been featured in dozens of online and print publications. Rivka s articles on Jewish life organizing, specific holiday planning tips, and managing your time are published regularly in Jewish magazines and newspapers and in hundreds of organizing sites on the Web.

21 Pesach Perfectly Organized Addendum 21 Making Pesach on Motzei Shabbos This year Pesach will start immediately after Shabbos, at sundown on Saturday night, April 19, There are many seder-related tasks you ll have to complete on Thursday or Friday since all Yom Tov preparations will have to be completed before the Sabbath starts. Additionally, you ll have to make plans for how you ll eat your last Chametz (challahs) for the Shabbos meals when your house is already kosher for Pesach. Following are a few tips to guide you in preparing for a Saturday night Seder. Bedikas Chametz (Searching for Chametz): Usually done the night before Pesach, this year you will have to complete this two nights before Pesach, on Thursday night April 17th. Biur Chametz (Burning the Chametz): This will take place on the Friday morning before Pesach, instead of, as is usual, the morning of Erev Pesach. Be sure to save some chametz (rolls are easiest) for the HaMotzi blessings for the Sabbath meals. It is customary to NOT eat matza in the day before Pesach so that we ll go to the seder anxious to taste it. Seder Preparations: Since during the Sabbath we do not cook, or prepare for the next day, there can be no seder preparations on Shabbos itself. This means all your foods for the seder plate and for the festive meal must all be cooked and ready before sundown on Friday. If you like to be organized anyway, then this is really a nice situation. You ll finish all your cooking and organizing on Friday and spend the Sabbath resting up for the late seder night. The only thing I miss with a Motzai Shabbos seder, is that I don t get to spend tons of time setting and decorating the table to make it super fancy and elegant for the holiday. Instead it has to get done quickly after Shabbos ends and before the seder begins, along with many other pre-seder tasks.

22 Pesach Perfectly Organized Addendum 22 Just before Shabbos starts: Be sure to leave a yahrtzeit candle burning so you can light the Yom Tov candles from a pre-existing flame. You ll also want to be sure your stove and oven are left on (but you may not use them during the Sabbath) so you can warm and cook foods once Shabbos is over and the Yom Tov begins. This also applies to crock pots or electric warming plates (platas) and any other appliances you may use over the holiday. Shabbos Meals: Since you ll be eating chametz (challah) at these meals, you ll want to make a plan of where to eat the chametz and how you ll dispose of the crumbs. Most people eat these meals on disposable dishes because your chametz dishes are already put away and you surely can t eat on your Pesach dishes. People with little children often make HaMotzi, and eat all their challah outside, to prevent any challah crumbs from straying in the house. After eating the challah you can return to your table to eat the rest of the meal. People often use disposable plastic table covers on their table to wrap up and throw away any table crumbs after the meal. A final sweeping will get up any loose crumbs on the floor. Shabbos Day Meals: Most shuls start and end services very early when Shabbos immediately precedes Pesach, so families can eat their last Chametz meals early in the day. By mid morning on the day of erev Pesach there is a time to stop eating chametz, so many families try to eat both the second and third meals of Shabbos before that time. The rest of Shabbos Day: Try to get everyone in the family to take a nap or at least rest so they ll be refreshed to stay up late for the first Pesach Seder that night. You ll have the chance to spiritually prepare for the holiday, and also have time to read some Hagaddah commentaries to come prepared with some interesting discussion for the seder.

23 Pesach Perfectly Organized Addendum 23 Motzai Shabbos/Havdalah: Women at home can make the declaration Baruch HaMavdil Bein Kodesh L Kodesh and begin preparing for the seder. Warm your food, set the table, make your seder plate, and ready all other seder items. Havdalah is included in the seder itself. Here is a list to help you remember the Pesach-related tasks you ll need to complete before Shabbos starts. For detailed checklists and timetables for how to clean, shop, organize and cook for the entire holiday, please consider ordering my book Pesach Perfectly Organized. Checklist for Preparing your Motzei Shabbos Seder: Buy disposable plates and cutlery for Shabbos meals. Buy or make chametz rolls and freeze them for the Shabbos meals preceding Pesach. Kosher bakeries will all be closed several days before Pesach; so if you re planning to buy rolls, do it at least a week before. Plan your Shabbos meals. You ll probably just want to keep these meals simple. You ll want to finish chametz meals early in the day, but won t be able to eat any matza-based foods until the seder. Have a lot of salads, boiled eggs, tuna, fresh fruits, and other foods available to tide you over. Once your kitchen is Pesadik, you can do the following: Cook and freeze. Soups, kugels, pesach cookies and cakes, even meat dishes in sauces all freeze well. Once the seder night arrives, you can pull out the foods you want and warm them for the Yom Tov meal. Thursday and Friday: Prepare the seder foods and store them in your fridge. If you use romaine lettuce for maror, it takes a long time to check the leaves for infestation, plan accordingly. Make the Yom Tov foods that need last minute preparation: Gefilte fish, salads, meat dishes, homemade juices or mayonnaise, for those of you that with the custom to only use foods made from scratch during this holiday.

24 Pesach Perfectly Organized Addendum 24 Thursday night: Bedikas Chametz. If you have little children, make sure there are enough flashlights in the house so they can participate in the search. Friday morning: Biur Chametz. Set up all your candles that you ll light for the Yom Tov. Be sure you have a source for a preexisting flame. Yahrtzeit candles or even a gas pilot light on the stove will do the job. Pre-open any containers, food packages or bottles you ll need for the three days of Shabbos and Yom Tov. Just before candle-lighting time: If you re planning to use any food cooking appliances on the holiday, be sure they re on and set properly. This could include your stove, oven, coffee urn, crockpot, hot plate or other appliances. Be sure to properly cover the items you won t be using for Shabbos. Light candles, sit back, and relax. You made it! Before I close I wanted to share a recipe for pesadik cookies I make every year. Everyone loves them and they re super healthy. Enjoy: Passover Walnut Cookies: 3 cups ground walnut 1-1/2 cups confectioners sugar (can use regular sugar, but better with powdered!) 4 egg whites pinch cinnamon (opt) 1/2 cup mini choc chips (opt) mix all ingredients together spoon up a tablespoonful and flatten it into cookie shape on cookie sheets keep one inch apart on sheets bake at 350 for mins

25 Pesach Perfectly Organized Addendum 25 watch closely that they don't brown should be a little soft when done Web Resources for More Information: If you still want more information about preparing for a Saturday night seder, following are some web resources that may interest you. Aish.com urday_night.asp Chabad.org A-to-Z.htm

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