This week was one of challah bakes. Communities around the world came together to mix ingredients, knead dough, and learn how to braid challah in complicated configurations. The incomparable and ...

Even though most Jewish holidays and celebrations begin with the blessing over challah, I’ve never learned how to bake it. Challah is one of my favorite foods, so every now and then, when I’d see a ...

While anyone can bake challah, only women can make it a mitzvah, or a holy act. “A special blessing is said while making the challah,” he said. “This blessing cannot be said otherwise, (and) it’s said ...

In the year 70, the Roman Empire destroyed what was known as the Second Temple in Jerusalem and, with that, the ability of the Jewish people to continue their hallowed sacrificial system. So, the ...

The smell of savory challahs permeates the kitchen with sweet hints of cinnamon and raisin. We knead, stretch, sweat and grunt as we shape the dough with our fingers into elaborate braids, rolls and ...

Shabbat, Shabbos, or the Sabbath, is the seventh day of the week and Judaism's day of rest . Typical Shabbat foods include challah (braided bread) and wine, which are both blessed before the meal ...

JERUSALEM — The six mothers had gathered in a Jerusalem home on a recent Friday to prepare challah, the braided bread that Jews eat on the Sabbath. After they recited a blessing that is part of the ...

Most Fridays, I bake two loaves of challah for Shabbat dinner. Sometimes I have no other plans for dinner beyond the challah, and I scramble to add something to complete the meal. I use a standard ...