Cleaning tips from a Jewish woman to help keep your home clean and smelling good

In general, cleaning is a special ritual for a Jewish woman. This is especially true for cleaning on Passover - the central Jewish holiday in memory of the Exodus from Egypt, one of the three pilgrimage holidays. Moreover, while doing the pre-holiday chores of putting things in order, a woman is obliged to remember some commandments that must be followed during the Passover period.

Cleaning the home in this case consists not only of washing the floor and dusting, but even eliminating the violation of some taboos associated with the presence of chametz - any flour dish, including bread, during the preparation of which a fermentation process occurred in the dough - in the house during the Passover holiday. However, this may only seem complicated and strange. In fact, Jewish women take this responsibility lightly, and the anticipation of the holiday itself brings joy.

But it’s not only before Passover that women pay attention to cleaning. Their houses always smell clean and pleasant; there is nothing that could hint at the owner’s sloppiness.

Jewish cleaning rules

Jewish women do not engage in excessively hard work and unnecessary cleaning. They constantly keep the house clean, which helps them become famous as ideal housewives who always keep everything clean and tidy. Here are the most popular secrets used by Jewish women in everyday life.

Don't hide it, but remove it!

Most of us from time to time choose some secret place where everything possible is stored. Usually this process is called “I’ll clean it up later somehow.” But then for some reason this doesn’t happen soon, so we often run the risk of getting a whole bunch of rubbish, which, no matter how you look at it, will have to be dealt with. And it’s long and tedious.

For Jewish women, everything is different. They are not accustomed to masking a mess, but put things immediately in their places, and send the trash to the trash heap. Quite a practical and convenient habit that helps not to clutter the house. Moreover, many Jewish housewives are sure: it is better to spend the whole day to find each thing its place than to hide them in different corners in an attempt to restore order in the house.

If there is no place for something, then it is not really needed.

Special cleaning of floors and rooms

Typically, Jewish homes have stone or tile floors. True, in rare cases wood and laminate are found. In any case, special attention is paid to the floor covering.

The floors are washed approximately once a week, but they do it very carefully. Even their process is different from ours. Jewish women pour water directly onto the floor, then add a little cleaning agent there, and then simply brush the water into some corner, from where it is then collected. Then all floors are wiped dry.

Yes, mopping the floors once a week doesn’t seem to be enough. But Jewish women have their own idea. To freshen the air in the house, they spray water in the air and dust frequently.

Wall cleaning

To prevent an unpleasant smell in the house, Jewish women... wash the walls. In their opinion, this is what helps maintain clean air indoors.The walls are cleaned almost every week, first with a brush, then wiped with a damp cloth soaked in water with the addition of essential oils, and then wiped dry. It's a very strange ritual, but it really scents the house.

Here are some simple tips from a Jewish housewife that help her keep her house clean. Which of these secrets do you use in everyday life?