Pesach Prep vs Spring Cleaning | By Eli Weinreb, LCSW

With Pesach coming up around the corner, the prep gets more intense. Questioning aspects that we finished and other aspects that we still have to get to not knowing if we’ll have enough time to get it all done. It’s a very high strung and stressful time of the year. It’s a lot, but does it have to be THAT much?

There are two things that over the years got meshed together. Pesach prep and spring cleaning. The issue is that each of those are extremely intense in its own and when we combine them together, it can seem extremely overwhelming and nearly impossible. We are all trying to live our day-to-day lives while balancing this preparation which makes it even more difficult. Because of all the stress, this can also lead us to put so much pressure on ourselves as well as everyone else around us which then can taint the holiday along with everything leading up to it.

Perhaps we can take a step back and separate the two. Spring cleaning is a great thing to do once a year. Pesach is an intense preparation which is in some ways extremely similar to spring cleaning which makes combining the two that much more tempting.

Maybe we can try and create to lists. The need to do’s and the want to do’s. Pesach prep can be the need to do and the spring cleaning can be the want to do. Focus on first knocking out the Pesach prep, and if time allows it, then do the spring cleaning as well. Definitely don’t allow the prep to overwhelm your mental health and play a role in destroying Pesach and all that comes with it.