Belinda, All your airborne pictures are nice! Yesterday's was VERY interesting! a reply to the comment you left: A simcha is a family celebration, whether it be wedding or Br Mitzvah, or the like. I also think that Western culture has made Christmas a big stress-- it wasn't like that when I was a kid! But there is NO comparison between preparations for the two holidays. For Passover, one has to clean your house so well that there is not a single crumb of leaven (bread, cookie, pretzel), and then cooking for the holiday has to be done on special dishes (which have to be taken out,probably cleaned, and arranged on shelves covered with paper)with the minimum of ingredients. IE, if you want something, you have to cook it from scratch! Now if one can not clean well, one CAN look quickly, "sell" closets for the duration, etc., but we all get caught up in trying to do spring cleaning as well! And , even though it is a LOT of work, I am NOT complaining! At least G-d forces me to clean thoroughly ONCE a year!
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Belinda,
All your airborne pictures are nice! Yesterday's was VERY interesting!
a reply to the comment you left:
A simcha is a family celebration, whether it be wedding or Br Mitzvah, or the like.
I also think that Western culture has made Christmas a big stress-- it wasn't like that when I was a kid!
But there is NO comparison between preparations for the two holidays. For Passover, one has to clean your house so well that there is not a single crumb of leaven (bread, cookie, pretzel), and then cooking for the holiday has to be done on special dishes (which have to be taken out,probably cleaned, and arranged on shelves covered with paper)with the minimum of ingredients. IE, if you want something, you have to cook it from scratch!
Now if one can not clean well, one CAN look quickly, "sell" closets for the duration, etc., but we all get caught up in trying to do spring cleaning as well!
And , even though it is a LOT of work, I am NOT complaining! At least G-d forces me to clean thoroughly ONCE a year!
Thank you for this explanation that gives me a window into another tradition!
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