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NEWS
80% of Israelis Clean the House for Pesach
By M. Green
In preparation for the holiday Hamiktzoanim, which
publishes a guide of select professionals, commissioned a
survey of the public's pre-Pesach cleaning habits. Conducted
by Motagim with a representative sample of 500 respondents,
the survey revealed some interesting facts about the average
Israeli's pre-Pesach house cleaning habits.
According to the survey 80 percent of Israelis clean the
house for Pesach, of which 42 percent sell the chometz
and 36 percent do hag'olas keilim. Only 14 percent
prepare for Pesach but do no special cleaning.
Asked how many hours they devote to Pesach cleaning, 50
percent said they spend more than four days cleaning the
house, 10.7 percent devote one day, 8.9 percent devote three
days, 9.2 percent devote two days, 7.2 percent are unable to
estimate, 9.6 percent devote half a day and 5.3 percent spend
two or three hours cleaning.
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