Eight Weeks to Pesach

8 Weeks to Pesach
● Review notes from last year
● Look over the calendar and fill in your cleaning and shopping schedules
● Hold a family meeting
● Work on completing house purchases and renovations

7 Weeks to Pesach
● Complete major household purchases
● Set appointments for carpet cleaning, renovations, other work dates

6 Weeks to Pesach
● First phase of cleaning: bedrooms, closets, basement, storage areas
● First phase of clothes shopping

5 Weeks to Pesach
● Look over your Pesach kitchen inventory
● Order matza
● Create a pantry for Pesach food. Include storage for non-perishable foods, frozen foods, and matza.
● 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
● Buy paper goods, kitchen lining supplies
● Order meat, wine, fish
● Make personal appointments
● Clean diningroom breakfront

3 Weeks to Pesach
● Clean fridge and freezer, designating one chametz area
● Begin giving kids Pesachdik snacks
● Complete clothes shopping
● Clean other rooms (laundry rooms, office, hallway, bathrooms) and tape up areas

2 Weeks to Pesach
● Clean cars
● Create your meal plans
● Shop for perishables
● Clean the kitchen, including appliances, cabinets, chairs, countertops, floor, garbage, highchair, oven, phone, sink, stovetop, table, windows, table, etc.
● Kasher and make your kitchen Pesachdik: Line countertops, kasher oven, sink, etc.
● Think about how you will eat challa on Shabbos

1 Week to Pesach
● Cook!!!
● Prepare for Seder
● Vacuum EVERYWHERE

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Adapted from Pesach Perfectly Organized. Many more checklists and countdowns are available in the book, which can be ordered at www.jewish-life-organized.com.

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