Philippians 3:7-10

Years ago I read a newspaper article that told about the Jewish women of Israel and their cleaning efforts in preparation for Passover. Jewish law required a month-long ritual cleaning of a house, purging it of all traces of hametz, or leavening, before Passover began. Women turned their houses upside down, beating rugs, emptying closets and white washing walls. They pulled clean dishes from cupboards to boil them, scrape the cracks between floor tiles and even dust spines of books, in case a family member had eaten a cookie while studying sometime during the year. One rabbi was known to lecture women saying that if there was a crumb in the kitchen hiding in the corner, she should do everything to remove it. If need be, she should take a hammer and chisel and destroy the wall until the crumb was removed. The article did mention those who regard the law with more balance, but I was fascinated by this spring-cleaning ritual.…

Years ago I read a newspaper article that told about the Jewish women of Israel and their cleaning efforts in preparation for Passover. Jewish law required a month-long ritual cleaning of a house, purging it of all traces of hametz, or leavening, before Passover began. Women turned their houses upside down, beating rugs, emptying closets and white washing walls. They pulled clean dishes from cupboards to boil them, scrape the cracks between floor tiles and even dust spines of books, in case a family member had eaten a cookie while studying sometime during the year. One rabbi was known to lecture women saying that if there was a crumb in the kitchen hiding in the corner, she should do everything to remove it. If need be, she should take a hammer and chisel and destroy the wall until the crumb was removed. The article did mention those who regard the law with more balance, but I was fascinated by this spring-cleaning ritual.…

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