Some people thrive while others drown when it comes to organization. The after-Passover clean-up can be a joy for those who love reorganizing, cleaning, and putting things in order. Others do everything they can to avoid the process. The one common denominator is: it has to get done. Here are a few tips I've compiled to help you get the job done: Pick one room to clean or organize, put on a timer, and don't move on until it's done. Create an enjoyable atmosphere. My kids enjoy putting on music, while I prefer listening to a shiur. Whatever makes the experience more enjoyable, do it! When you listen to a shiur, you always feel like it was time well spent Here's a little secret I have: In every bathroom, I keep a spray bleach bottle, and in the shower areas, I have a long-handled bristle brush. When I step into the shower (on the days I am not rushed to get out asap), I take the long-handled brush and scrub the shower walls, rims, and corners. It releases the built-up dus...

  A day like no other, Shvii Shel Pesach, is when all gates of the impossible are open. Rav Ashkenazi asks: Why did Hashem lead us by way of the Yam Suf? This was not the direct path from Mitzrayim to Eretz Yisrael. Yet Hashem needed to demonstrate to Am Yisroel, Pharaoh, and the Mitzrim that the impossible is possible when we choose H'shem. It is said that zivugim (finding one's match) and parnasah (livelihood) are as "difficult" for H'shem as the splitting of the sea. What could be difficult for the Creator who fashioned the entire world?  This paradox reveals that H'shem established a framework of bitachon (trust) in the world that operates through midah k'neged midah (measure for measure). When we stand at the edge of our personal "sea" in any ​ of  life's situations and trust that Hashem will save us—with calmness in our hearts, smiles on our faces, and the courage to leap forward, that is our personal splitting of the sea.  Even when we...