Tikvat Israel Blog

Rabbi Gorin sent the following to our listserv:

[I was contacted by] a staff writer for the Washington Post. She asked me the following question:

Pesach cleaning: I just wanted to check in to see if you have a sense of what percentage of your congregation does it? Most? half? None?

My response:

Great question. No way of knowing. I would say more than none, probably less than half, definitely not most.

Her follow up:

Just what I was looking for! Why less than half? Too much work?

So, I (Janaki, not the Rabbi) thought it would be fun to collect a little “data” - so go ahead and vote on it below (or in the sidebar to the right - they both work).

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Then add a comment to this post about your reason for cleaning, or not cleaning. You can post your comments anonymously (yes, the comment for requires a name, but just put in “Anonymous” or make something up)!

To add a comment, click on the link below that either says “No Comments” (if there are no comments submitted yet), or will say “n Comments” where “n” is some integer!

Note, in response to “anonymous” who commented below, I have added a third option for those who do some cleaning, but don’t consider their cleaning to be as thorough as someone else might do - although I would have said that “some cleaning” = “Yes”, I realize that that’s a judgement call (and reflects my personal lack of dedication to an immaculate home).