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What Do You Wish Someone Told You Before Making Pesach for the First Time?
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What’s your go-to method for cleaning grease?
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What tricks do you use to make serving and clearing in the succah easier?
Esther Ottensoser
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Q: Can you share a piece of your Erev Yom Tov Routine?
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What Do You Wish Someone Told You Before Making Pesach for the First Time?

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What’s your go-to method for cleaning grease?

Hacks for cutting the grease

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What tricks do you use to make serving and clearing in the succah easier?

My Succos treat is buying really gorgeous paper goods –  I use clear square plates and cups but real silverware — because plastic just doesn’t “cut it!” 

By Esther Ottensoser

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Q: Can you share a piece of your Erev Yom Tov Routine?

One thing I like to do is think about the Erev Yom Tov food. Kids that are fed tend to behave better.

By Family First Contributors