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Light Drizzle Fog/Mist Staying home for Pesach: No regrets
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By the time you are reading this, it will probably be Shabbos morning. Although the paper will be on the stands Wednesday morning, let’s be honest — no one is reading the paper over a cup of coffee, between Wednesday and the start of Pesach. Either you’re on your way to your apartment in Florida, or last-minute packing for your trip to the hotel. If you’re staying home, you’re still shopping for last-minute items, cooking, baking and preparing. Should you be home for Pesach, and you have time to read my article, G-d bless you. Email your secrets to me on how you manage that! |
I know I tend to poke fun at the people who go away for Pesach, and I kid that someone has to stay home and keep an eye on the neighborhood. But there’s actually something special about being in your own home with family and close friends.
If someone offered to foot the bill for my family and me, to be whisked away and pampered for eight days, I would jump at the chance, but I can say with all honesty that I wouldn’t trade any of my past Pesach experiences — as a young child, teen, newly married bride, mom of one then two and three kids, for anything. I have hundreds of wonderful, fun filled and poignant memories, with my grandparents, parents in-laws and siblings.
How I appreciate what my mom, grandmother and all of the past generation did to prepare for this holiday. My grandmother and my mother never had a cleaning help, ever. They did everything on their own. My mom worked full-time and never complained when it came to all the preparations. We had one sink that was ceramic and counters that were Formica. She had to find the best insert that wasn’t too bulky for the sink and the counters had to be covered. We lived three flights up in a private house and I don’t ever remember anything being delivered. Everything was made from scratch and tasted amazing. There were no ready-made Pesach noodles, cake mixes and salad dressings, and never, ever, did my mom or grandmother complain.
