Two Homemakers Struggle with Getting Organized for Yom Tov. One Homemaker is Rested and Ready. The Other is Exhausted, Frantic, and Even Resentful. The Difference is in the Action They Take.

Which Homemaker Will You Be?

"Only 10 minutes until candle-lighting!" award winning photograph taken by Carolyn Drake

• You realize the benefits of being organized and have already started improving from reading Shabbos Perfectly Organized
• You need to save more money instead of wasting it being disorganized
• You realize how chaotic your home feels and how much better it is when organized
• You want to be able to feel good about being observant and not burdened by the pressures of pre-Shabbos and Holiday prep
• You want to spend more quality time with your family and with G-d

Throughout this website, we've talked a lot about getting organized, especially with getting Shabbos Perfectly Organized.

Now that you have read about how to improve your Shabbos prep, no doubt you realize how much better it feels to be organized.

At a glance, some of the factors we talked about in improving Shabbos prep include:

• Creating a 4 Week Shabbos Meal Plan
• Creating a Master Shabbos List
• Timemap for scheduling Shabbos prep throughout the week
• Knowing how to get helpful assistance from friends and family
• Knowing what works already for you and maximizing those skills
• Making Shabbos in an Hour

But you need to learn more about getting organized for Yom Tov! Rosh Hashanah, Purim, Pesach! The biggies :)

You are about to find out:

It's NOT Your Fault!

Many people think they were either born with organizing skills or not. They are wrong. You CAN make an organized Yom Tov whether or not you think you are "organized". Success or failure is in your hands.

I accidentally stumbled onto this idea of writing a complete guide on How to Make Yom Tov Perfectly Organized after all my Jewish homemaker friends seemed so stressed out when making Shabbos and Yom Tov.

I was frustrated that everyone has to figure it out for themselves, when we could learn from each other!

It is so painful when you feel so alone, having to reinvent the wheel, trying to figure out how in the world you are going to get all of the cooking, cleaning, shopping, and hosting done along with all of your other life stressors.

It can be very overwhelming especially if you've never made Pesach/Passover before or had anyone to support you and teach you in the process. You have to figure it all for yourself. I can imagine that feels very lonesome and frustrating.

Some families just wing it. They work like the dickens, trying to keep a smile, knowing that their stress levels impact their kids and they struggle through.

But winging it and managing to get it all done just in the nick of time is just a band-aid to the real issue at hand. The only real option is to Let A Professional Organizer Teach you!

How else are you going to know how to make Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkos, Chanukah, Purim, Pesach, Lag Baomer, and Shavuos, with all of the Chol Hamoed and Shabbos in between? How many times have you tried to get organized by reading organizing information that is not special to Jewish families, and doesn't include the information we NEED TO KNOW!?

Today, You're About To Discover the Truth

Why should you listen to me?

Here’s a little story about me: My family grew up talking about Pesach as doomsday. Even making Shabbos week after week was this hard, anxiety provoking event. My mother seemed overwhelmed constantly. She always got Pesach and Shabbos completed, and was very organized at it. But the amount of anxiety, negativity, overwhelm, stress BEFORE the Yom Tov even happened was palpable to me.

Years passed, and when I got married, my husband said, "Wouldn't it be nice to make Pesach at our house?" I panicked. Literally panicked. My response was, "ARE YOU JOKING?"

I was stuck in the negativity of watching my parents become depleted every year, sometimes every week, with the efforts of making Shabbos and Yom Tov.

I looked around and saw people that actually enjoyed making Shabbos and Yom Tov. I couldn't believe it! They actually loved being in the kitchen, working over their challah dough, and cleaning their houses for Pesach.

So being the hardworker that I am, I set myself on a mission. To find out how to go about managing the home. More specifically, my Jewish home.

I studied what made other homemakers successful. Without opening myself up to feeling inadequate or inferior. It was challenging and I considered myself to be on a "fact-finding mission".

Little by little, I began to try methods of Jewish homemaking. Some worked, some didn't work. For example, cooking in large quantities and freezing worked. Doing the laundry on set days every week did not work. Baking challah for me did not work. My husband loves to do it.

I took a lot of notes. Saved some documents on my computer with names like "Pesach Plan" and "Purim Notes". My friends saw that I was making Yom Tov easily and they asked for copies of my plans. I put my plans up on a website so I could share with them and make it easy for them to print.

Other people started finding my website and asking for copies of my Yom Tov organizing plans also. I never expected to get the response I am getting!

When I decided to put my plans up for sale, I couldn't believe how many people wanted them. I guess I wasn't the only one that wanted more guidance on getting organized for Yom Tov.

I don't tell you this to brag and boast but I just want to help you realize what's possible. I started with negative experiences and turned them into positive ones ... You can do the same.

It's true... But you need to have the correct methods to do so.

You Can Follow the Easy, Step by Step Methods Towards Making Yom Tov and Never Have To Ask Anyone Else's Advice, Worrying That They Are Way Ahead Of You In Their Preparations Because I've Already Taken Care of All Of That For You

I was angry that so many people like me, never had anyone to teach them the positive, beautiful, easy ways to do it all.

So I spent Pesach to Pesach brain-dumping everything I do on paper. I've then put this in to a no fluff... just killer step-by-step techniques that can take anyone from zero or negative experience at making a relaxed Yom Tov to making hundreds of Yomim Tovim perfectly organized for the rest of time!

Introducing...

The Yom Tov Perfectly Organized collection is a new, completely unique Jewish organizing book series that unearths the hidden, in-demand and under-shared 'Secrets' of how successful Jewish homemakers are making Yom Tov and how you can copy their tried and true methods.

Rosh Hashanah Perfectly Organized

Purim Perfectly Organized

Pesach Perfectly Organized

The books in the Yom Tov Perfectly Organized Collection are not spiritual discourses on the meaning of the holidays.

I feel that I get my spiritual uplift and meaning from each holiday from the physical act of being a Homemaker.

I see the work of cleaning my house and cooking as "avodah". I do need to listen to a Torah tape or go to a Torah class once in a while, but the physical work of managing my house, to me, is precious as well.

Therefore, you will not directly get explanations on the Spiritual aspects of the Holidays.

But when you follow the formulas in the Yom Tov Perfectly Organized collection...

• C.H.A.G.
• The Master Countdowns
• Cleaning Checklists
• Grocery shopping checklists
• Cooking and Menu plans
• Engaging your Kids
• Decorating Projects

...your life will take on meaning from avodah and service of working on your house towards to goal of making Yom Tov and Shabbos.

Your service will feel meaningful, manageable, and you and your family will thrive on what the purpose of Yom Tov and Shabbos was meant to be. This is not only what I have to say about the plans but what my readers have been telling me!