My great-grandmother Chana Klein, whom we all called Bubbie, was a powerhouse at 4’10” and an accomplished Jewish cook who didn’t share recipes. When she was a widow, all the men in the morning minyan ...

Challah, like most bread, is fairly straightforward — flour, yeast, water, eggs, and maybe a few other ingredients, depending on your recipe. But as we’ve seen with the recent trend for fancily ...

Start to finish, making challah is a multisensory, multilevel process: mixing ingredients into dough, taking time to let it rise, punching it down, letting it rise some more, separating the dough into ...

Food plays a critical role in many Jewish religious festivities, such as challah bread at weekly Shabbat services or holidays. Whether baked into two long braids or a round domed crown, this bread, ...

Love is in the air! The theme of marriage permeates Shabbat and Shavuot. In fact, the challah cover can be compared to a bridal veil. With our Artist-in-Residence Temma Gentles, we will use stencils ...

The good smells of baking challah and the sweet golden braided bread emerging from the oven have distinguished the Jewish Sabbath in a long-kept tradition. During the High Holy Days, starting with the ...

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While many enjoy challah year-round, it’s a special part of the Rosh Hashanah celebration. We dip pieces of round challah, and apples, in honey for a sweet new year. “This holiday challah was inspired ...

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 ...

Aykroyd isn’t the only person who feels this way. The actor and former “Saturday Night Live” star is one of many fans of challah, the braided egg bread that has its roots in Jewish kitchens but also ...