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This is the first time ever I've had the opportunity to have a vaguely kosher Pesach as I am currently only sharing my kitchen with one, extremely amenable, gentile. So here are the issues:
How much do I actually have to clean
Lots of Jews use the run up to Pesach as a manic OCD cleaning bonanza but I've heard rumours that this is not necessary unless you have a habit of storing large quantities of bread or flour in your wardrobe. So what's actually necessary?
Kashering
What needs kashering and what can be kashered? I get that I can't kosher earthenware and I'm planning to soak some glasses to kosher them because although it would be cheap to buy near glasses, we already have a cupboard full of glasses so I'm not buying any more. So the things that are confusing me are: I have saucepans which I'd like to kasher and a big stock pot in which to do it but I'm really confused by the whole 'if it's made of more than one bit there's a crack chametz could get into so it can't be kashered'-thing because almost all pans are made of more than one bit, otherwise they how would they have handles? Does stuff which lives in your chametzdik kitchen but aren't in contact with cheametz directly need to be koshered/put away, for example my kettle? My scales have a metal pan which could be boiled but I wouldn't want to immerse the scale itself, is that an issue?
Food
What's the deal with open packets? What actually needs certification? I know people who buy kosher l'pesach water but that kind of approach isn't so good if you don't live in Jewland and have to schlep every item back from Golders Green on the train.
Non-pesachdik stuff
So, do you have to sell your toaster or just your scotch? This is all a bit easier because I have my own pet non-Jew to transfer ownership to and the scotch is his already anyway. I've seen people put chametzi stuff in the cupboards and seal those cupboards up over Pesach how does that all work?
Seder
The last three years we've gone to seder's at friends' families' homes. This is nice but we don't want to schlep down to London this year. As far as I can see it, this leaves two options: go to the chaplain's seder or hold our own. If we held our own our friend Alice might come if she doesn't manage to get a plane ticket to Israel to spend Pesach with her boyfriend. Holding our own seder might be fun and would avoid the awkwardness of making someone else have to work out how to feed a vegan during Pesach. What haggadot should we get? At the moment I'm leaning toward the chief rabbi's because it's the solid safe option. I'll have a flick through a few if I go to Jewland tomorrow.
How much do I actually have to clean
Lots of Jews use the run up to Pesach as a manic OCD cleaning bonanza but I've heard rumours that this is not necessary unless you have a habit of storing large quantities of bread or flour in your wardrobe. So what's actually necessary?
Kashering
What needs kashering and what can be kashered? I get that I can't kosher earthenware and I'm planning to soak some glasses to kosher them because although it would be cheap to buy near glasses, we already have a cupboard full of glasses so I'm not buying any more. So the things that are confusing me are: I have saucepans which I'd like to kasher and a big stock pot in which to do it but I'm really confused by the whole 'if it's made of more than one bit there's a crack chametz could get into so it can't be kashered'-thing because almost all pans are made of more than one bit, otherwise they how would they have handles? Does stuff which lives in your chametzdik kitchen but aren't in contact with cheametz directly need to be koshered/put away, for example my kettle? My scales have a metal pan which could be boiled but I wouldn't want to immerse the scale itself, is that an issue?
Food
What's the deal with open packets? What actually needs certification? I know people who buy kosher l'pesach water but that kind of approach isn't so good if you don't live in Jewland and have to schlep every item back from Golders Green on the train.
Non-pesachdik stuff
So, do you have to sell your toaster or just your scotch? This is all a bit easier because I have my own pet non-Jew to transfer ownership to and the scotch is his already anyway. I've seen people put chametzi stuff in the cupboards and seal those cupboards up over Pesach how does that all work?
Seder
The last three years we've gone to seder's at friends' families' homes. This is nice but we don't want to schlep down to London this year. As far as I can see it, this leaves two options: go to the chaplain's seder or hold our own. If we held our own our friend Alice might come if she doesn't manage to get a plane ticket to Israel to spend Pesach with her boyfriend. Holding our own seder might be fun and would avoid the awkwardness of making someone else have to work out how to feed a vegan during Pesach. What haggadot should we get? At the moment I'm leaning toward the chief rabbi's because it's the solid safe option. I'll have a flick through a few if I go to Jewland tomorrow.