Tu Bshvat Tropical Sangria I love the idea that the fashionistas at TheJewishHostess.com posted when I was recently surfing the net for great Tu B Shvat activities! Here’s a link to it for you: Tu Bshvat Tropical Sangria. What a great idea to do with kids or without if you want to explore your alcohol [...]

I’m always looking for great holiday table setting ideas. Over the years, I’ve accumulated things that I keep in a “holiday cabinet”. It’s simply an overstuffed cabinet in my office that is full of items for holidays So this past Chanukah, I took out all of my collections and instead of randomly spreading them across [...]

Decorating Your Sukkah to Enhance the Mitzvah “Teshvu Kaayn Taduru” (Sukkah 28B)– Our Chachamim teach us that we need to live in the Sukkah as we dwell in our house. “Take the nice things out of your house and move them into your Sukkah,” the Gemara explains. “Very nice,” you might be thinking, but my [...]

Wouldn’t it be fun to create a mass master to-do list right here on facebook or on Jewish-life-organized.com by gathering up each of your to-do’s that you would post on either location, and then I will compile the HUGE list into one MASTER list for you?

Hi, I’m Rivka Slatkin and I’m an Avoider. Sounds like I’m at some sort of addiction meeting, doesn’t it? What’s an avoider? Believe it or not, there is a real mental health diagnosis as Avoidance Personality Disorder. I don’t know if I can claim an official title to the Diagnosis, but as my long time [...]

Yom Kippur Fasting Tips – Hope these will help you fast easier. I don’t know about you, but I get anxious about fasting. I’ve read up on any possible yom kippur fasting tips and here is what I can tell you. Water-You have to up your intake of water for at least one day before [...]

Post Chanukah Pesach Cleaning In the past, I’ve spoken to many expert balabustas who start thinking about Pesach right after Chanukah. What exactly are they starting to do? I believe they are cleaning out one drawer at a time. When you read Pesach Perfectly Organized, you know that I always have you start working on [...]

Welcome to the Yom Tov Planning Center! Receive a FREE C.H.A.G. Resources Guide for Every Major Holiday Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur Sukkos Chanukah Purim Pesach Lag Baomer Shavuos Three Weeks Tisha Bav Shabbos What exactly is a C.H.A.G. Resources Guide? You may be looking for information on planning the Jewish Holidays, but what is a [...]

When do the Jewish Holidays in April fall out again? Resources designed to help you. You’ve got to tell your non-jewish associates when you won’t be available due to the busy Jewish holidays in april, especially (dum de dum) ahem Pesach. And, it would be ideal if you could tell them with plenty of time [...]