Last night, with the help of my kids and my husband we switched over the house to Passover mode. You may ask why I switch the house so early. One reason is that's how my parents used to do it. They switched the house over early and that way the cooking could all take place in relative calm. Getting ready for Passover this way means that I am not screaming at my family and I am also not falling asleep at the Seder table. Some of what we do to prepare for the holiday is law and some of the other things we do is tradition. My kitchen floor gets mopped weekly. However i start my Passover preparations by removing the year's wax from the floor. As I worked away this year I remember joining my father on our kitchen floor with a scrub brush and a bucket of Mr. Clean and the two of us deep cleaned the kitchen floor together. Once the floor is done, I can turn to the rest of the preparations. Another task that falls under the tradition category is changing our kitchen window cu...
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