The Zoo
Spring cleaning / Passover preparations
{ 10:34, Tuesday 20 March 2007 }
{ 1 comments }
{ Link }
Spring cleaning has a little different meaning around here. It's also probably the reason that spring cleaning began.In a Jewish home we clean the house, especially the kitchen, in preparation of Passover. Passover is a Jewish holiday remembering the flight of the slaves from Egypt, as told in the book of Exodus. The eight day observance of Passover is marked by not eating any leavened foods. The slaves left Egypt so quickly that they had no time to allow their bread to rise. So the house must be purged of these foods and their crumbs. The whole house cleaning is followed by a hunt for chametz (leavened bread) by candle light, and using a feather, a wooden spoon and a bag to collect any chametz found. It is customary to hide 10 pieces of bread to be found during the search so that everyone is looking everywhere. Any chametz remnants found are destroyed and chametz food in the house is sold to a non-Jew. We are permitted to buy the chametz back after the holiday if selling it permanently will cause a hardship to the home.
{ Last Page } { Page 9 of 84 } { Next Page }Untitled Comment
{ 11:57, Thursday 22 March 2007 } { Posted by Andrea }What a neat neat story about your traditions. I loved reading about them. I love traditions... and the stories behind them.
Peace~ Andrea
About Me
I'm a WAHM of 7. We live at the foot of the Rocky Mountains just east of Colorado Springs, Colorado. We homeschool our children and raise chickens and other animals on our 5 acre homestead.
Home
My Profile
Archives
Friends
My Photo Album
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| 29 | 30 | 31 | ||||
Links
Backwoods Home magazine and forumOur Homeschool Blog
Categories
RecipesRecent Entries
Lights OutDay 12 in the incubator
Day 8 in the incubator
Eggs in the bator
New incubator
Friends
AmberPhillyfarmgirl
lancelotacres
KellyKJV
wannabeone
karatemom
HSBFrontPorch
kayinpa
GrandmaRosie
motherearth
HandsNHearts
gardengirl
tioga12
matsmom97
LindaI
smmagers
thekapfam
abmiller
trishepherd
LadyPoet33
southernbelle
mamahasmany
Emily23
j706nancyr
morningstar
happymama
HarvestMom
lkhagler
raquel
TeaFlower
workinprogress
myhomesteadjourney
leonafrique
