Just when you master everyday kosher, Passover arrives. For eight days, you can’t eat chametz—any leavened grain like wheat, barley, rye, oats, or spelt. That means no bread, no pasta, no beer. You’ll find yourself eating matzah, which is basically dry, cracker-flavored cardboard with the texture of a shattered dream.
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But the real fun is cleaning for Passover. You have to scrub your house like a neurotic crime scene investigator. People literally vacuum their car seats to find crumbs. One family I know hired a helicopter to hover over their porch—I made that up, but I wouldn’t be shocked.