You’re tending to young children (and keeping them from making too much noise!), while making sure the day and meals run smoothly. And, nope, you’re not alone! Last night, your husband went back to yeshiva, right after complimenting you on a delicious meal, of course, but also, while hurrying to get to his chavrusa he…
Holidays
Yes, Women Can Have a Meaningful Shavuos
We can go beyond the menus and dairy desserts and tap into the beauty of kabalas haTorah for ourselves and our families. Like every Yom Tov we are blessed to celebrate, Shavuos is saturated with kedushah and with meaning. More though, it is a celebration of our very foundation. At kabbalah Hatorah, we became the…
The Har Sinai Ice Cream Cake
If there’s one dessert you will make for your children this Shavuos, this ice cream cake is it. It was at our Between Carpools Shavuos planning meeting that this brainstorm came about. We knew we wanted to include a Har Sinai cake. But what? It had to be cute. And easy and fun to prepare….
How to Use a Stem Holder to ‘Stretch’ Your Flowers
This little item will turn you into a flower-arranging pro. Problem: You want the flowers to fill the vase, but you don’t want to use a ton of flowers. Or: Problem: You want your flowers to “stand up” but they’re just falling to the sides. Shavuos is coming, and if there’s any time you want…
Do You Struggle With Arranging Flowers? This Vase Can Help.
These vases are both gorgeous and inexpensive, and they make it easy to arrange flowers! This past summer, specifically erev Rosh Hashanah, so yes, more like the end of summer, as I was arranging my flowers for Yom Tov, I came to a realization: I own a crazy amount of vases that I accumulated over…
How to Be Ignited by the Flames of Lag B’Omer
Way beyond the BBQ: Fire and the Essence of Lag B’Omer Fire. It’s one of the scarier elements of nature, and if you’re pyrophobic it can be downright terrifying. But fire is also a life-giving force. It provides warmth and light. It is the sun that shines upon us and the hearth that wraps us…
How to Prep Seder Essentials in Advance
Are you typically frazzled on erev Pesach because the Seder items were left until the end? It doesn’t have to be that way. First of all, before we start, we want to say that if your family has a minhag to prepare seder items on erev Pesach, we don’t want to mess! Perhaps it’s simply…
Download and Print This Fun Pesach Money
Use it as an incentive for your kids to finish their pre-Pesach jobs or encourage involvement at the Seder. Last year, we discovered that the talented Yael Miller from Miller Creative also has a talented brother when she showed us this adorable Pesach money download he drew. Artist Yoshi Weiss is a staff artist for…
The Cleaning Olympics
Ready, set, go! Get to the finish line in a fun way while involving the whole family. With Pesach bearing down upon us, it’s all hands on deck in the effort to clean the house from top to bottom. It can get stressful if we aren’t careful to keep the temperature cool and comfortable. If…
Top Favorite Pesach Recipes
There have been a lot of Pesach goodies from BCP over the years. But then there are the classics. The recipes that are gold. The ones that make it onto the menu, year after year, and don’t fail us. Here are some of those favorite Pesach recipes, Updated for 2024!
