The Shabbat Cleaning Olympics: How I Pulled a Muscle Folding Towels and Finally Hired J&I Hospitality

Every Friday, Jerusalem homes transform into Olympic arenas of chaos and cleaning. Here’s why the smart competitors are outsourcing their events to J&I Hospitality’s weekly cleaning pros.

🕯 Event 1 — The Friday Morning Sprint

The alarm rings. You leap out of bed like an athlete at the starting line.
Coffee? Optional. Adrenaline? Mandatory.

Your events for today include:

Dish-juggling — trying to wash, dry, and restack plates before the kids use them again.

Mop-and-Dash — that thing you do where you mop the floor and shout, “NOBODY WALK HERE FOR TEN MINUTES!”

By 10 a.m., you’re sweating like you just finished a HIIT class.
Except your gym smells like lemon detergent.

🧹 Event 2 — The Vacuum Relay

You switch on the vacuum. It immediately eats a sock, the curtains, and your will to live.
Meanwhile, the kids are running laps around the living room yelling, “It’s snowing!” (It’s flour.)

You briefly wonder if you should call the IOC — because at this point, you’ve earned a medal in multitasking under duress.

🧼 Event 3 — The Table-Setting Triathlon

You’re racing the clock, your spouse is chopping veggies like it’s the final seconds of MasterChef Jerusalem, and someone just asked, “Where are the candles?”

You don’t know.
You haven’t known since 2022.

The crowd (aka your children) chants, “We’re hungry!”

You look around and think: I deserve a gold medal and a nap.

🧴 The Plot Twist — Enter J&I Hospitality

Then one week, you realize…
You don’t actually have to compete.

You can just call J&I Hospitality — the cleaning company that shows up before the games even begin.

Our 3-Pillar Clean System™ — Reliability, Communication, Care

 — guarantees your home is spotless before the opening ceremony (a.k.a. candle-lighting).

✅ Same cleaner every week
✅ English-speaking team
✅ Respectful, and stress free clean

Now your only event is “Lighting Candles Calmly While Smiling Like a Champion.”