Challah

The perfect Friday bite: Tender meatballs and sweet whole-wheat challah to complete your meal

Chicken balls and beef meatballs in sauce, paired with whole-wheat challah, are both comfort food and a great way to use up your Passover flour stock.

|ByPASCAL PERETZ-ROBIN
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The Joyful Challah.

Traditional Moroccan Purim challahs: Boyoja di Purim

Boyoja di Purim, traditional Purim challahs from Moroccan cuisine, decorated with hard-boiled eggs symbolizing Haman’s evil eye.

|ByPASCAL PERETZ-ROBIN
Fluffy spelt bite-sized rolls

Will this be your Shabbat challah? A fragrant and irresistible pull-apart roll pastry

Soft, fluffy spelt bite-sized rolls placed in the center of the table for everyone to pull apart.

|ByBATIA SOREK, IN COLLABORATION WITH SUGAT
Challah

Why do we eat round challah on Rosh Hashanah?

I have discovered that the main reason for having round challahs on Rosh Hashanah has something to do with the first “relatives” in history, husband and wife – Adam and Eve. 

|ByLES SAIDEL

Challah-tinkering yeast scientist helps bread-bakers get a good rise

Every year after Pesach I buy a one pound bag of yeast and it lasts through the year and I use it to make challah. So I’m still pursuing the quixotic quest to make the perfect challah.

APRIL 1, 2020ByPHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
Round Sweet Challah

Staying sane during coronavirus by reclaiming an age-old Jewish tradition

I don’t know how much worse things will get this year, but I do know I did with bread what I rarely manage to do with words.

MARCH 21, 2020BySTEPHANIE KUTNER/JTA
Hala bread