If you’re new to Passover, it can feel like you’re supposed to know everything right away.
How to prepare your kitchen. What to cook. How the Seder works.
But that’s not how this is meant to be learned.
If you’re trying to figure this out step by step, you don’t have to piece it together on your own.
My guide Passover Without Panic walks you through what actually matters, what to do first, and what can wait – so you can approach the holiday without overwhelm.
Transcript below.
Transcript:
When I was doing my first Passover, I thought I had to get everything right. The perfect Seder. A perfectly cleaned and Kashered kitchen.
I Every law memorized. But I was wrong.
What I wish I knew before my first Passover is that Judaism is built over time.
Most Jewish families didn’t suddenly wake up one day and know how to do Passover. They built it slowly, year over year. They built it up.
How they clean their kitchen. The foods they buy. The tried and true recipes.
Which Haggadah they like. What songs they sing.
Those traditions grow over years, sometimes decades.
But when you’re new to Judaism, it feels like you’re supposed to figure it all out at once.
But you don’t.
Your first Passover only needs a few things.
Matza, telling the story of the Exodus, and as best you’re able, removing and avoiding Chametz. Everything else will grow over time.
If you want a calm, step by step guide to preparing for Passover without overwhelm, I created a guide called Passover Without Panic. You can get it at Building a Jewish Life.com.
