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Why is the challah served at Rosh Hashanah round? Depending on who you ask, there are a number of different views on why the challah served at Rosh Hashanah is round. The most common idea is that the ...

1. Mix the yeast and warm water with a small pinch of the sugar and leave to activate until bubbly and foamy. 2. In a large bowl, whisk the flour, sugar and salt together, then make a well in the ...

One day last summer while my sister-in-law, Shira Lubliner, was visiting we decided to make a loaf of challah. Since she'd made many of them before and I'd never made one, she was the perfect person ...

Challah is a rich, eggy bread baked every week for the Jewish sabbath, or shabbat. But for Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year that starts tomorrow at sundown, it gets a few tweaks. There's a little ...

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In my decades as a congregational rabbi, I always knew it was time to order our challot for the season the moment I started drafting my five High Holiday sermons. I knew that there would be no time to ...

I was the kind of kid who rushed out to buy round corn chips and orange Gatorade and square-pan pizzas. Any food with the bold word NEW! on the label sang to me. I wasn’t dumb. I knew that ...